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Economic efficiency and supply response of women as farm managers: Comparative evidence from Western Keny
(Pergamon, 2008-07-01)
This paper assessed the relative economic efficiency and output supply and input demand responses of women farmers in western Kenya. The results showed that women are as technically and allocatively efficient as men. ...
A study of drug use in five urban centres in kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2008)
Few studies have addressed the reasons for substance use in Kenya, with most focusing on prevalence rates in school-based and general population samples. None have been carried out among people already using drugs. This ...
INTEGRATING CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR STRIGA CONTROL
(2007)
Striga spp. are pernicious pests of food crops in Africa for which an integrated control program is needed. An effective integrated program must have components that are adaptable to the biophysical and socio-economic ...
Striga emergence and seed bank dynamics under different maize management practices in Western Kenya
(African Crop Science Society, 2005)
The use of weather and climate forecasts by rural people to enhance food production.
(Maseno University, 2000)
This paper discusses the influence of weather and climate forecasts on food production in Kenya. It provides general information on the usefulness of weather and climate, the benefits of using weather and climate in ...
Weather and climate hazards that affect food production in the Lake Victoria basin.
(Maseno University, 2000)
This paper discusses the impact of weather and climate hazards on the lives of the rural people living near Lake Victoria, Africa, thereby worsening their already desperate condition, and suggest ways of mitigating these ...