• Marketability of Value-added Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch.) Fruit in a Representative Peri-urban Kenyan Market 

  Kiharason, Jedidah Wanjiku; Isutsa, Dorcas Khasungu (Science PG, 2019-03)

  Pumpkin (C. moschata Duch.) fruit is a highly nutritious horticultural crop with great potential for commercialization. However, in Kenya many households do not buy and utilize pumpkins regularly, leading to low demand. These ...

• Forest Conservation and Utilization in Embobut, Cherangani Hills, Kenya 

  Rotich, Brian (Science PG, 2019-01)

  Embobut forest is a constituent block of the Cherangani hills ecosystem, which entails the five major water towers in Kenya and home to the indigenous hunters and gatherers-the Cherangany/Sengwer community. This study ...

• Mushroom as A Strategy to Reduce Food Insecurity in Tharaka Nthi County 

  Sande, Anne (IOSR, 2019-01)

  Food insecurity has negatively affected livelihoods both in rural and urban communities especially in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Some communities are victims of food insecurity due to unsustainable dietary choices. ...

• Analyzing the Risks in Highway Projects Using the Markov Chain Approach 

  Obare, D. M.; Muraya, M. M. (SciEP, 2019)

  The issues associated to highway projects usually affect aspects like nature of the project, cost and time. Risk events that are not usual always give rise to positive or negative feedback and normally cause variations ...

• Application of Simplex Lattice Design in Watermelon Production 

  Muriithi, Dennis K. (IISTE, 2019)

  This paper discusses the use of Simplex Lattice Design approach to plan the experiment for yield of watermelon with an overall objective of optimizing the multiple responses of watermelon to organic manure. Multiple linear ...

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