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The effects of Corporate governance practices on the financial performance of Forex Bureaus in Kenya
(2012-09)
Over the years, despite the very strong intuitive and instinctive belief in the principle that ‘good governance leads to good governance’ and a number of opinion surveys re-affirming the confidence of investors in good ...
Environmental factors influencing selection of Foreign markets for branded agricultural products by major exporters in Kenya
(2012-10)
Kenya is a signatory to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are the
world’s targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015,
these being income- poverty, hunger and disease ...
Assessing alternative strategy options in the control of tick-borne disease: a case study of East Coast Fever control in Uasin Gishu District, Kenya.
(1993)
Lack of effective tick and tick-borne disease (TBD) control is among the factors
limiting dairy production in Uasin Gishu District in Kenya. Besides constraining
productivity through morbidity, TBDs are among the most ...
A description of the pastoral Camel production system in Moyale District, Kenya
(1999)
A description of the pastoral camel production system of the camel keeping pastoralists of Moyale
district is presented. The study focuses on herd management, identification of production constraints
and explores ...
The seroprevalence and risk factors of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in the Northwestern area of Turkana District, Kenya i
(2009)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is a severe respiratory disease affecting
cattle. The study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors
associated with the disease in North-western Turkana, ...
Estimation of runoff volumes and peak rates from rural catchments in Kenya
(1994)
The estimation of runoff volumes and peak rates of runoff
was carried out in two rural catchments in Kenya. The
catchments viz., Sambret (7.02 km2) and Lagan (5.44 km2) lie
in the headwaters of the lake victoria drainage ...
Feeding practices and nutritional status of Children 6-36 months in muslim and christian Households: a human rights perspective (a case study of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya)
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The right to adequate food and nutrition is a powerful tool to combat malnutrition and hunger
worldwide. Current thinking views integration of human rights into nutrition programming as an
essential component in which ...
A survey of human Taeniosis/Bovine cysticercosis in Northern Turkana District,Kenya
(2008)
Bovine cysticercosis IS a zoonosis of socioeconomic and public health importance. A
survey was carried out in northern Turkana District to: 1) estimate the prevalence of bovine
cysticercosis using serology and meat ...
Smallholder coffee supply response in Kenya
(1993)
Coffee is an important commodity in terms of its value in the world market and is a
major source of foreign exchange earnings for the producer countries. Since the late
1980s the worldwide coffee industry has been plagued ...
Efficiency of resource use in smallholder milk production: the case of Meru central dairy farmers, Kenya
(1990-02)
This study was motivated by the need to find means
of increasing milk supply in Kenya in order to meet an
expected rise in demand. The study was concerned with
the efficiency of resource use in smallholder milk
productlon. ...