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      Architecture, Curriculum, Education, Practice, Precedents, Training [1]
      Architecture, Participation, Slum upgrading, Urban poor [1]
      architecture-based tourism, [1]
      Area of action planning, interventions, agro-industries, agro-processing, smallholder farmer, sub-county*Corresponding author:Isaac K. Mwangi, Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of the Built Environment and Design, University of Nairobi, Kenya.Email: imkaranja@uonbi.ac.ke ISSN: 2524-1354 (Online), ISSN: 2519-7851 (Print)Africa Habitat Review JournalVolume 17 Issue 1 (December, 2022http://uonjournals.uonbi.ac.ke/ojs/index.php/ahrINTRODUCTIONAgro-industries catalyse rural development in areas with abundant agricultural raw materials, making the industries popular in poverty reduction strategies. The industries also create demand for inputs in the farm from other sectors. Deliberate planning for agro-industries is necessary. However, this is not the case even in countries like Kenya that have devolved planning to sub-national units of governance and territorial development (Chimhowu et al., 2019). Planning for agro-industries to serve adjoining rural hinterland and prioritize the needs of Small-Holder Farmers is an effective rural development strategy (Zhang, 2021). This perspective rests on the notion that planning enhances the delivery of agricultural services; and also mainstreams access to raw materials, and aligns and fosters agro-processing in diversifying livelihoods. Views that agriculture is the source of livelihood for 75% of the world population living below Ksh 222 a day and competing for raw materials with other sectors no longer hold (Fatah, 2007). Agriculture has evolved into a critical source of food and income, on-farm and off-farm employment for smallholder households while generating gross domestic product (GDP) from trade in agro-industrial products. The devolution of planning functions and responsibilities for the delivery of agricultural services to counties in Kenya was underpinned in the Constitution of Kenya (KC) 2010 (Kenya, 2010). Popular political participation of grassroots communities in the counties was legislated to operationalize democratic principles in planning. However, planning for agro-industries to utilize [1]
      Arrival Rate, [1]
      Artificial Bee Colony [1]
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      Ascertaining, Competency, Disaggregation, Profiling, Planning sectors [1]
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      Associated radioactivity measurements [1]
      Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801), Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Middle atmosphere-constituent transport and chemistry (3334), Global Change: Atmosphere (0315, 0325), Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Synoptic-scale meteorology [1]
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      Authorship, editorial policy, IMRAD genre, publishing ethics, publishing practice, scientific communication, writing standards [1]
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      Autonomous foraging radio [1]
      Autonomous foraging radio resource allocation [1]
      Autonomous foraging radio resource allocation message [1]