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Fish feeds and feed management practices in the Kenyan aquaculture sector: Challenges and opportunities
(Aquatic Ecosystem health & management society, 2021)Feeds and feed management practices are key to the development of the aquaculture sector. To achieve high levels of aquaculture production, fish farmers need nutritionally adequate and cost-effective feeds, which are coupled ... -
Fluorescent SSR Markers and Capillary Electrophoresis Reveal Significant Genetic Diversity in Naturalized Pumpkin Accessions in Kenya
(2017)This study was undertaken as a preliminary step in determining genetic diversity of naturalized pumpkins in Kenya. It entailed allelic patterns, frequency, inbreeding coefficient, molecular variance, cluster and ... -
Food and income provision influence production of pumpkins in Kakamega and Nyeri in Kenya
(2018)Pumpkin is an emerging important fruit-vegetable, although its potential remains unexploited in Kenya. This study aimed at enhancing conservation, preservation and production of naturalized pumpkins through characterisation ... -
Food Rheology using Dynamic Mechanical Analysis; A short review
(Paul Kamweru, 2020-02)An ideal elastic material will deform finitely and recover its original shape and size upon the removal of the applied deforming load. On the other hand an ideal fluid will deform and continue to deform as long as the ... -
Food safety knowledge and practices of street food vendors in selected locations within Kiambu County, Kenya
(African Journal of Food Science, 2020)The safety of street foods remains a public health concern especially in developing countries like Kenya where foodborne illnesses associated with these foods have often been reported. This study determined the food ... -
Food safety practices of cooked food hawkers in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
(African Journal of Food Science, 2022)Hawking of cooked foods is an important economic activity, especially for low-income earners. However, the trade raises public health concerns particularly due to the likely breaches of food safety standards. Thus, this ... -
Forecasting Commodity Price Index of Food and Beverages in Kenya Using Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) Models
(Springer, 2021-12)Price stability is the primary monetary policy objective in any economy since it protects the interests of both consumers and producers. As a result, forecasting is a common practice and a vital aspect of monetary policymaking. ... -
Forecasting Commodity Price Index of Food and Beverages in Kenya Using Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) Models
(EJ-MATH, European Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 2021)Price stability is the primary monetary policy objective in any economy since it protects the interests of both consumers and producers. As a result, forecasting is a common practice and a vital aspect of monetary ... -
Formation of trimetallic complexes containing redox-active nitrosyl molybdenum tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)-borato groups. Schiff base compounds containing two Mo and one Cu centre
(Elsevier, 1994)The reaction of [Mo(NO)Tp*Cl2] [Tp* = tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate] with copper(II) Schiff base complexes derived by condensation of two mole equivalents of 2,5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde with α,ω-diamines [1,2-C6H4(NH2)2, ... -
Future of Publishing and Use of eBooks in Kenya
(The Kenya Library Association, 2017)This paper investigated the current status of publishing and use of eBooks in Kenya with a view to predict their future. The paper aimed at answering the following three objectives: establish the current eBook information ... -
Gas-phase total oxidation of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes using manganese oxides and copper manganese oxide catalysts.
(American Chemical Society, 2012-05-17)Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) continue to be the major source of direct and indirect air pollution. Here, cryptomelane-type octahedral molecular sieve (OMS-2) manganese oxide, amorphous manganese oxide (AMO), and mixed ... -
A Gaze at the Place of the Female Figure in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Case of Zukiswa Wanner’s the Madams
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2019-07)The black race was severely disadvantaged in apartheid South Africa. Specifically, black women were doubly disadvantaged; first by the color of their skin, and secondly, by lack of tangible income. History has shown that ... -
A Gender Community Outreach for Girls Living in Vulnerable Contexts: Experiences from School Literacy Clubs in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
(Allen Institute, 2020-05)The Kenya Constitution (2010) has deliberately attempted to remedy the traditional exclusion of women and has promoted their full involvement in every aspect of growth and development. It is indeed true that when women ... -
Gender Mainstreaming: Perspectives and Insights in Kenya.
(2015)Gender mainstreaming was prioritized as a mechanism to achieve gender equality by the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. Although since this Beijing meeting many institutions, the world over have attempted to put into ... -
Gender Role Transformation in the Oil Mining Industry in Kenya: a Case Study of Lokichar, Turkana
(Center for Promoting Ideas, 2019-12)The mining industry presents opportunities for economic development not only in Kenya but the entire world. There is hence need to involve women more to realize this development. The purpose of this paper is to analyze ... -
Generating, Rectifying and Stepping Up the Voltage Output of Piezoelectric Plate
(International Journal of Research Publications, 2020)Energy is required in all sectors that either supports or improves human life. However, some of the methods of power generation e.g. the fossils fuels are non-renewable and have byproducts that harms the environment. For ... -
Genetic and phenotypic diversity of microsymbionts nodulating promiscuous soybeans from diferent agro-climatic conditions
(Springer Open, 2022)Background: Global food supply is highly dependent on feld crop production that is currently severely threatened by changing climate, poor soil quality, abiotic, and biotic stresses. For instance, one of the major challenges ... -
Genetic and phenotypic diversity of selected Kenyan mung bean (Vigna radiata L. Wilckzek) genotypes
(Springer Open, 2021)Background: Mung bean is a pulse crop principally grown in the tropic and subtropic parts of the world for its nutrient-rich seeds. Seven mung beans accessions from Eastern Kenya were evaluated using thirteen phenotypic traits. ... -
Genetic Characterization and Diversity of Rhizobium Isolated from Root Nodules of Mid-Altitude Climbing Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Varieties.
(2018-05-15)The increasing interest in the use of rhizobia as biofertilizers in smallholder agricultural farming systems of the Sub-Saharan Africa has prompted the identification of a large number of tropical rhizobia strains and led ... -
Genetic Diversity Analysis in Tropical Maize Germplasm for Stem Borer and Storage Pest Resistance using Molecular Markers and Phenotypic traits
(2015)One hundred maize inbred lines and eighty four hybrids were characterized for resistance to maize stem borer and post-harvest insect pests. This was achieved using genetic distance and population structure based on simple ...