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Iron content of the formulated East African indigenous vegetable recipes
(Academic Journals, 2009-12-31)
Nutritional iron deficiency is the common cause of anaemia in developing world. However, Africa is endowed with African indigenous vegetables (AIVs) rich in micronutrients. Surveys within East Africa relate low AIV consumption ...
Sustainability of smallholder tea growing in Kenya
(2007)
Although tea was introduced in Kenya in 1903, Africans (natives) were barred from growing the crop until after independence in 1963 when the legislation was repealed. Africans started growing tea under the smallholder tea ...
The substance of African Divine Church choral music
(Cape Town: African Minds, 2006)
Choral music in Africa could be classified asWestern“art”, African“art”or indigenous
African choral music, which includes traditional“classical”, ethnic, religious and folk
styles. All over Africa, indigenous choral ...
Effect of Commercial Bank Loans on Financial Performance of Savings and Credit Co-Operative Societies in Kisumu, Kenya
(2006)
Savings and credit cooperative societies' core business is mobilizing savings
from members, and then providing them with credit at affordable interest rates. However,
SACCOs have received stiff competition from commercial ...
Quality response of clonal black tea to nitrogen fertiliser, plucking interval and plucking standard
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2000)
Variations in the black tea quality of high‐yielding clone S15/10 in response to rates of NPKS 25:5:5:5 fertiliser of 200 and 400 kg N ha−1 year−1, plucking intervals of 7, 14 and 21 days and a selective plucking standard ...
The social and economic contributions of the united nations system in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
This project examines the social and economic contributions of the UN system in Kenya since independence. The focus of the study is on the agency specific contributions towards social and economic development. These ...
Interfacing the state and the voluntary sector for African development: Lessons from Kenya
(CODESRIA, 2006)
The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of forging a complementary
role between the state and the voluntary sector as an alternative framework
for enhancing African development, given that none of these ...
Role of livestock projects in empowering women smallholder farmers for sustainable food security in rural Kenya
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2009)
Women are a major human resource and assure adequate nutrition, health and cognitive development of their households and children in their formative years. However, women are over-represented among the poor, suffer heavy ...
Gendering inculturation in Africa: a discussion of three African women theologians' entry into the inculturation scene
(2004)
In theological circles in Africa, there has been an interest as to how cultural contexts must and will shape theology. Therefore, since the 1960's, African theologians have engaged in so-called'inculturation'. Inculturation ...
Suppression of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Children with Severe Malarial Anemia: Role of Monocyte-acquired Hemozoin
(American Society for Microbiology Journals, 2006)
Severe malarial anemia (SMA), caused by Plasmodium falciparum infections, is one of the
leading causes of childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Although the molecular
determinants of SMA are largely undefined, ...