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The Food Security Equation: What is the Role of Gender and Social Amenities in this Paradigm? A Focus on Rural Households in Yala division, Siaya district, Kenya
(2004)
Food security remains a key challenge to the development efforts of most poor nations. This study investigated the significance of gender (denoted by number of male, female and children in a household) and social amenities ...
Impacts of policy reforms on the livestock industry in Kenya: The case of the dairy sector
(2009)
This article analyses the impact of liberalization on the dairy industry in Kenya. Much debate rages over the effects of this policy. This debate is, however, not well informed; it lacks recent studies to show events and ...
Farm Size, Modern Technology Adoption, and Efficiency of Small Holdings in Developing Countries: Evidence from Kenya
(2011)
Low efficiency is a problem in most developing agriculture, and is one of the reasons for food insecurity. This paper provides information on smallholder production efficiency in one of the developing Sub-Saharan Countries: ...
Nutritional Value of Berchemia discolor: A Potential to Food and Nutrition Security of Households
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2012)
Drylands have a multitude of livelihood problems where food insecurity is one of the serious impediments. Both transhumance and settled farmers make their living in the semiarid parts of east Shewa, Ethiopia. They adapt ...
Urban agriculture, social capital and food security in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya
(2012)
Much of the developing world, including Kenya, is rapidly urbanizing. Rising food and fuel prices in recent years have put the food security of the urban poor in a precarious position. In cities worldwide, urban agriculture ...
seasonal availability and consumption of wild edible plants insemiarid Ethiopia: lmplications to food security and climate change adaptation.
(2011)
Quantitative ethnoecological analysis of seasonal availability and implication to food security of wild edible plants (WEPs) was conducted in Boosat and Fantalle districts of semiarid east Shewa, Ethiopia from October, ...
Neutraceutal Wild Plants Contributions to Food and People of SemiArid East Shewa, Ethiopia: Healthcare Security of the Semiarid
(2011)
Ethnobotamcal study was conducted in six study sites of semi and east Shewa, Ethiopia. The study has aimed to Identify key nutraceutical wild plants and documents associated Indigenous knowledge. It also analyzed local use ...
Levels and causes of household food and nutrition insecurity in dryland kenya
(2013-02-21)
Ensuring food and nutrition security in the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa is a
critical challenge. Often, information on the level of insecurity is either scanty or
unavailable. This paper looks at food and nutrition ...
The seed industry for dryland crops in Eastern Kenya
(2003)
The development and promotion of improved crop varieties as well as efficient seed production, distribution, and marketing systems have contributed significantly to increased agricultural production and food security in ...