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Dietary diversity interventions and its impact on iron status of preschool children 36-59 months in Emali, Kenya
(Food Science & Nutrition Research, 2020)
Background: Dietary diversity is considered crucial in ensuring adequate micronutrient intake, especially among
children since they have increased nutrient requirements. Iron deficiency is the most common nutrient deficiency ...
Assessment of the Effect of Solar Powered Milk Cooling Technology on Small Holder Dairy Farmer Earnings, Siaya County, Kenya
(IAR Journal of Agriculture Research and Life Sciences, 2020)
The dairy industry in Kenya is dominated by small-scale farmers and is
the most developed of the livestock sub-sectors. Yet, 85% of the approximately
850,000 small-scale dairy farmers have no access to electricity. The ...
Are the AgriTech Technologies Available, Adaptable and Practical to Young Farmers? Lessons from Tomato farmers in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Research, 2020)
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) in particular mobile phone applications and internet are
transforming how agribusiness is carried out in some parts of developing countries including Kenya. The spread ...
Physicochemical Proprieties of Pond Water in the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) Fish Ponds in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
(International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations, 2020)
In an effort to attain food security, Kenya has embraced aquaculture as one of its strategies. From 2009,
the Government established thousands of fish ponds through the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP). TharakaNithi ...
Restoration of degraded grasslands, but not invasion by Prosopis julifora, avoids trade‑ofs between climate change mitigation and other ecosystem services
(Nature research, 2020)
Grassland degradation and the concomitant loss of soil organic carbon is widespread in tropical arid
and semi-arid regions of the world. Aforestation of degraded grassland, sometimes by using invasive
alien trees, has ...
Surface potential, fermi level and band gap energy of copper doped magnesium nickel ferrite nanoparticles
(Sami Publishing Compan, 2020)
Optical, electrical, and electronic properties of materials are essential in the
fabrication of electronic devices. These properties can be improved through
doping and reduction of the size of a material to nanoscale. ...
Optical and scanning kelvin probe microscopic characterization of sol-gel synthesized aluminum doped zinc cobalt ferrite nanoparticles
(academic Journals, 2020)
In this work, Zn1-xCoFe2AlxO4 (x=0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0) ferrites were synthesized using the sol-gel
method. XRD analysis was done and confirmed the formation of spinel structure, where the particle size
and lattice ...
Socio-Demographic, Nutritional and Adherence as Determinants of Nevirapine Plasma Concentration among HIV-1 Patients from Two Geographically Defined Regions of Kenya
(IISTE, 2020-10)
Data are skewed on the role of Socio-demographic, nutritional and adherence related factors on
the influence of nevirapine plasma concentrations among Kenyan population. This study rigorously determined
these three factors ...
Synergistic Evaluation of Selected Plant Extracts on Potency of Pyrethrins against the Maize Weevil, Sitophilus zea-mais (MOTSCH.)
(Merit Res. J. Agric. Sci. Soil Sci., 2020)
The interest in utilization of botanical insecticides, particularly essential oils have become increasingly relevant in the control of insect pests. Many plant products and their bioactive compounds with repellent, antifeeding ...
Screening of Plant Extracts Possessing Methylenedioxyphenyl (MDP) Group as Potential Synergists in Insecticide Formulations using the Maize Weevil, Sitophilus Zea-mais (Motsch.)
(Merit Research Journals, 2020)
Synergists are compounds that are either negligibly toxic or non-toxic to insects when applied on their own, but enhance the efficacy of an insecticide. Many insects are able to detoxify insecticide molecules and survive ...