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Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Albertine Rift–Hoima, Uganda
(CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), 2012)The village baseline study of Kibaire village in the CCAFS benchmark site Hoima in Uganda took place from 13 to 16 July 2011. Forests are exploited at unsustainable levels in Kibaire but deforestation does not appear to ... -
Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Chicualacuala, Maluana, Mozambique (MO0145)
(CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), 2014)This is the report of the village baseline study of Maluana village in the CCAFS benchmark site of Chicualacuala, Mozambique from May 5-12, 2013 to complement an earlier household baseline survey done in the same ... -
Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Kagera Basin–Rakai, Uganda
(CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), 2012)The village baseline study of Kyengeza village in the CCAFS site Kagera Basin – Rakai in Uganda took place from 4 to 6 July 2011. Study participants are aware that their food security depends on protecting and appropriately ... -
Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Lawra–Jirapa, Ghana (GH0108)
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Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Makueni–Wote, Kenya (KE0202)
(CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), 2013)The village baseline study of Kithoni village in the CCAFS benchmark site of Makueni, Kenya took place from June 11th – 14th, 2012. Focus group discussions were conducted separately for men and women. The village is in ... -
Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Nyando–Katuk Odeyo, Kenya
(CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), 2012)This is the report of the village baseline study of Kamuana village in the CCAFS benchmark site of Nyando, Kenya, which took place from 18 to 20 May 2011. Population pressure has created land fragmentation and reduction ... -
Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Usambara–Lushoto, Tanzania (TZ0105)
(CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), 2012)The village baseline study of Kwang’wenda village in the CCAFS benchmark Lushoto site, Tanzania took place from April 27 to 29, 2011. Focus group discussions were conducted separately for men and women. Population growth ... -
Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Xai Xai, Zongoene Village, Bairro 1, Mozambique
(CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), 2014)This is the report of the village baseline study of Zongoene Village, Bairro 1, in the CCAFS benchmark site of Xai Xai, Mozambique in May 2013 to complement an earlier household baseline survey done in the same village. ... -
Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Yabello–Borana, Ethiopia
(CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), 2012)The village baseline of Denbela Saden village in the CCAFS benchmark site of Yabello in Ethiopia took place from 10th to 12th August 2011. Focus group discussions were conducted separately for men and women. Denbela ... -
Village Elites and Community Development in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014-06-30)Current statistics show that urban growth rates are relatively higher in the Small and Intermediate urban centres in Kenya. This study sought to analyze the impacts of urbanization driven land use changes within the Mara ... -
Village Elites and Community Development in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014-06-30)This paper looks at the role of village elites in a rapidly changing rural landscape. The process of development in Kenya has seen the rise of a dichotomous community in which salaried employees spend their working life ... -
Vitamin D status in healthy black African adults at a tertiary hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2018-12-01)Vitamin D has been known since the twentieth Century for its benefits in bone health. Recent observational studies have demonstrated its benefits in infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases ... -
Vitamin D status in healthy black African adults at a tertiary hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross sectional study
(BMC, 2018)Background: Vitamin D has been known since the twentieth Century for its benefits in bone health. Recent observational studies have demonstrated its benefits in infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and non-communica ... -
Vitamin D status in healthy black African adults at a tertiary hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2018)Vitamin D has been known since the twentieth Century for its benefits in bone health. Recent observational studies have demonstrated its benefits in infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases ... -
vities of International Non Governmental Organizations ' in the Promotion of Human Security in Kakamega Count...
(Academia, 2021)Throughout the last quarter of the 20th Century, up until this day, there has been a gradual, yet enormous, qualitative and quantitative growth in International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) in Kenya. Amidst ... -
The voice of reason by the children in the wilderness
(Academic Journals, 2018)Wars and tribal conflicts disrupt young children who are dependent on their parents for care, empathy, attention and protection. Some children end up in refugee camps unaccompanied by their parents or guardians. ... -
Voluntary medical male circumcision scale-up in nyanza, kenya: Evaluating technical efficiency and productivity of service delivery
(Public Library of Science, 2015-02-23)Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) service delivery is complex and resource-intensive. In Kenya's context there is still paucity of information on resource use vis- à-vis outputs as programs scale up. ... -
Voting without institutionalized political parties: Primaries, manifestos and the 2007 general elections in Kenya
(Society for International Development and Institute for Development Studies-University of Nairobi, 2010)This chapter discusses the impact of institutional capacity of political parties on the organization of party primaries and formulation of manifestos for the 2007 general elections in Kenya. The discussion also assesses ... -
Voulkensin C–E, new 11-oxocassane-type diterpenoids and a steroid glycoside from Caesalpinia volkensii stem bark and their antiplasmodial activities
(Pergamon, 2013-05-15)A bioassay guided isolation of potential antimalarial molecules from the stem bark of Caesalpinia volkensii Harms (Fabaceae) achieved three new 11-oxocassane-type diterpenoids named voulkensin C (1), D (2) and E (3) together ... -
Vulnerability to HIV infection among Luo female adolescent orphans in Western Kenya
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2007-11-01)Large-scale surveys have reported that about 55% of orphans worldwide are adolescents. In Kenya, the majority of HIV-infected adolescents are females. The current study used the anthropological methods of in-depth case ...