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Pollution of groundwater in urban areas of Kenya; focusing Nairobi city
(2012)
The study focused on the analysis of inorganic, organic and microbiological constituents of
borehole water within Nairobi area. The physical and chemical borehole water analysis was
obtained from the Water Resources ...
Socio-Economic And Cultural Determinants Of Nuptiality In Kenya.
(university of Nairobi, 1993)
The main purpose of this study was to find out the effect of sone oocio-cultural and socio-economic variables on nuptiality in Kenya using data from the 1989 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS). The socio-cultural ...
Cattle, wildlife and fire interactions in a savanna ecosystem, laikipia kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Interactions between livestock, wildlife and fire elicit a strong debate in management circles and are of substantial interest to ecologists. While these interactions are quite common in most African savannas, their ...
Nematode response to soil organic amendments in a semi-arid region under soybean (Glycine max), Naivasha, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Agricultural production within the smallholder farming sector of East Africa is constrained by
numerous factors including parasitic nematodes. Existing control measures involving applications of
chemical nematicides are ...
Modelling Climate Variability and Climate Change and Their Associated Effects on Highland Cooking Banana Production in Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Climate extremes associated with climate variability and change are on the rise both in time and space. These extremes have far reaching impacts on socio-economic sectors particularly for countries like Uganda that rely ...
Smartphones in agricultural research monitoring and evaluation: case for sweet potato vines distribution
(University of Nairobi, 2015-08)
Data collection continues to be an integral part of the day to day practice of Monitoring and Evaluation in agricultural research. Data quality has a direct impact on the quality of a given M&E setup. For most projects ...
Assessment of Meteorological Drought Characteristics in North Eastern Counties of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Climate has an influence on the day-to-day socio-economic development. Agriculture is a vital socio-economic sector in the North Eastern region of Kenya. In this study, the trend of past, present and future rainfall ...