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Effect of land use on soil quality in Rivers Nyando and Yala catchments of Lake Victoria Basin, Western Kenya
(Agricultural Science Research Journal, 2020)
Soil, as a major subsystem of land, is rapidly changing with time as a result of
changes in its’ environment or management. Periodic soil quality assessment is
thus vital in evaluating agro-ecosystem sustainability, soil ...
The Effect of Rainfall Variability on Maize and Coffee Farming Activities between 1990 – 2014 in Machakos Sub County, Kenya
(International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research, 2019)
Varying climatic conditions with increased uncertainty mainly in rainfall and temperature are salient features in
marginal areas globally, adversely affecting farming activities particularly in Africa. Kenya experiences ...
Heavy metals in surface sediments of lake naivasha, kenya: Spatial distribution, source identification and ecological risk assessment
(Springer International Publishing, 2020)
Heavy metals retained in sediments pose a threat to aquatic ecosystem and society. Knowledge of the status and sustainability of lake sediment in areas undergoing rapid economic development is scarce, and yet it is required ...
Crop Diversification, a Potential Strategy to Building Resilience through Reduction of Costs of Farming among the Small holder Farmers
(East African Scholars, 2019)
Globally, due to rapid population growth and continual urban sprawl, average arable land per household is
shrinking hence crop diversification is gaining increased importance in the quest for solutions to the perennial ...
Land Tenure Systems in Kisumu City; The Formal-Informal Dichotomy
(ijsciences, 2017)
: In the process of urbanization, the peri-urban areas are often the front line of urban transformation and
transition and therefore potential zones of conflicts over land tenure arrangements. This study sought to explore ...
Water-User Preference Influencing Household Water Availability In Obunga Informal Settlement Of Kisumu City, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2019)
Approximately 80% of the estimated 844 million people without access to a basic water service live in rural
areas and urban slums particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. This is in disregard of the fact that access to water ...
Analysis of Factors Influencing the Changes in the use of Transport Modes in Kisumu, Kenya.
(Research gate, 2019)
Previous research in the city of Kisumu looked at the policies that were put in place by the government
causing the changes in transport mode choice. However, the research did not look at the sociodemographic, built ...
Factors Influencing Implementation Of Constituen-cy Development Fund Projects In Public Secondary Schools In Kiminini Constituency, Trans-Nzoia County
(Semantic scholar, 2015)
The ultimate goal of cdf is development. In Kiminini constituency, some education projects have not been implemented successfully. This in itself undermines development in the constituency. This study aimed at determining ...