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Strategic management practices adopted by local authorities in Kenya: a case study of Thika, Ruiru, Kiambu and Mavoko Local authorities in Kenya
(2009)
The purpose of this study was to establish the strategic management practices adopted and challenges of adopting the strategic management practices in Thika, Ruiru, Mavoko Municipal Councils and Kiambu County Council. The ...
Infant feeding practices and nutritional status of Children aged 0-12 months among Somali community in Eastleigh estate, Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
The main objective of this study was to assess infant feeding practices and nutritional
status of chi Idren aged 0-12 months among Somali community in Eastleigh estate,
Nairobi, Kenya.
Past research on the topic of ...
Provision and perceptions on nutrition education for people with HIV/AIDS, at the public comprehensive care clinics: a study of Nairobi district clinics in Kenya
(2009-08)
As early as 2003, The Greater Horn of Africa Capacity Development Initiative in
Nutrition had already identified nutrition in HIV/AIDS as an area of capacity
development urgently needing attention. The Government of Kenya ...
An economic analysis of the impact of gender and other factors on smallholder dairy productivity: the case of Embu District, Kenya)
(2001-11)
The problem of diminishing dairy productivity and thus dairy production in the face of rising
population density is not unique to Kenya, but is an issue of concern for sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of
affordable good quality ...
Development of pigeon pea population for marginal rainfall areas of Kenya
(2006)
Two population improvement methods. Stratified Mass Selection (SMS) and Mass Selection with Progeny Testing (MSPT) were used in the improvement of grain yields of pigeon pea composite populations under marginal rainfall ...
Prevalence of malnutrition and its associated factors among children aged 6-59 months living in Kangemi and Gichagj Sub locations. Nairobi, Kenya.
(2004-12)
Malnutrition, which is a wide spread problem with devastating consequences, weakens
immune system and worsens illness. It is a factor in about half of the deaths that occur
among children under five years of age. ...
Maize - Pigeon pea Intercrop Resource Use Under Semi-Arid Conditions of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
A field experiment was conducted at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
Technology between October 2001 and June 2002 to determine light, water and nitrogen
use in maize-pigeonpea intercrop system. The experiment ...
Household food and nutrition security in association with HIV progression: a comparative study of highlands and lowlands in Wundanyi Division, Coast Province, Kenya
(2006)
Household food security that includes household food availability, accessibility and utilization, is
Abstract
synergistically associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) ...
Effects of domestic and wild herbivore utilisation on Herbaceous layer above ground primary production In Central Kenya Savanna
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
This study investigated the separate and combined influences of livestock and wild herbivores
on herbaceous layer primary production in central Kenya rangelands. The treatments included
cattle (C), wild herbivores (with- ...