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Sugar factories development, management and financing of the sugar industry, and outgrowers issues.
(2004)
Kenyan sugar factories have low capacity utilisation. Low overall time efficiency is attributed both stoppages due to cane unavailability and to factory problems. Apart from Mumias Sugar Factory, there is considerable room ...
Risks of Anaemia Among Pre-School Children Following Maternal Nutrition Education and Counselling in Urban Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021-06)
Slum environment may pose risk to child health and nutrition. This study assessed the risks of anemia among under five-year-old children, five years after implementing a nutrition education and counseling intervention in ...
Effect of food safety training on behavior change of food handlers: A case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato purée processing in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021-01)
Sweetpotato purée processing is new to Kenya and a rapidly growing value addition activity among informal, small, and medium-sized food enterprises (SMEs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Inadequate knowledge of food safety ...
Slight volume changes in the duck lung do not imply a fundamental change in the structure of the parenchyma
(University of Nairobi, 2021-01)
Slight changes in lung volume have previously been reported in ducks. We studied the functional structure of the lung of the domestic duck using classical anatomical techniques as well as ultrasound monitoring to unravel ...
Estimation Of Impact Of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia On Pastoralists In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an infectious disease which impacts cattle production in sub-Saharan Africa. To adequately allocate resources for its control, there is a need to assess its impact on cattle ...
Attachment and Its Social Determinants, Kenyan Child and Adolescent Perspective from Two Informal Settlements in Nairobi: A Qualitative Study
(University of Nairobi, 2021-03)
There has been a sustained interest in examining social determinants of health (SDH) for late childhood and adolescence to shift the focus from individual risk factors to social patterns, material conditions and to improve ...
Effect of dietary inclusion of small quantities of Mucuna pruriens seed meal on sexual behavior, semen characteristics, and biochemical parameters in rabbit bucks (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of Mucuna pruriens seed meal (MSM) on sexual behavior, semen, and biochemical parameters in rabbit bucks. Twenty-four 12-week-old rabbit bucks weighing 1002 to 1156 g ...
Influence of Inlet Drying Air Temperature and Milk Flow Rate on the Physical, Optical and Thermal Properties of Spray-dried Camel Milk Powders
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
The influence of milk flow rate and inlet drying air temperature on the physical, optical and thermal properties of laboratory spray-dried camel milk powders is investigated. The physical, thermal and optical properties ...
Understanding what shapes disease control: An historical analysis of foot-and-mouth disease in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Interpreting the interplay between politics, social demographics and epidemiology is essential for understanding how a disease's occurrence and control evolve over time. Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus was first detected ...
Race Typing and Evaluation of Aggressiveness of Exserohilum turcicum Isolates of Kenyan, German and Austrian Origin
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Exserohilum turcicum the causal agent of northern corn leaf blight is a threat to corn production in many areas of the world. The pathogen has a high genetic variability in terms of virulence, genetic structure and several ...