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Effect of Socio-Economic Characteristics of ResourcePoor Farmers on Food Security in Semi-Arid AgroEcological Zones of Nyakach, Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2015-11-11)
Resource-poor farmers make up over 95% of the farmers in the study area. They cannot afford artificial inputs into their farms, rather they rely on the intrinsic value of the soil, which once depleted then they are not ...
Spatial distribution and habitat characterization of mosquito species during the dry season along the Mara River and its tributaries, in Kenya and Tanzania
(2018)
Vector-borne diseases are increasingly becoming a major health problem among communities living along the major rivers of Africa. Although larger water bodies such as lakes and dams have been extensively researched, rivers ...
Relationship Between Riparian Vegetation Cover And Macroinvertebrate Assemblages In Kuywa River, Kenya
(2017-02)
The Kuywa River watershed has undergone riparian vegetation planting since 2006 in order to improve the
river health. The planted riparian buffer zone vegetation was to improve channel stability, promote biodiversity,
and ...
Relationship Between Water Quality Indicators And Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages In The Kuywa River, Kenya
(2017-02)
The Kuywa River watershed has undergone riparian vegetation planting since 2006 in order to improve the
river health. The planted riparian buffer zone vegetation was to improve channel stability, promote biodiversity,
and ...
The Influence of acreage of Land under Artisanal Gold Mining on Maize Crop Yields in Ikolomani Sub County, Kakamega Kenya
(East African Scholars Journal of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2021)
Performance in Mathematics has been poor at secondary level in Kenya despite initiatives like
Strengthening Mathematics and Science Studies Education (SMASSE), providing text books and employing
trained mathematics ...
Influence of forest fragmentation on tree fragmentation on tree speciesdiversity in the detachment portions of Kakamega Forest, Kakamega County, Kenya
(East African Scholars Publisher, 2020)
Forest fragmentation occurs when large continuous forests are perforated by small
holes or broken up into edges and smaller patches to form a non-perforated matrix of open
spaces. In various tropical developing countries, ...
Factors predisposing women and children to indoor air pollution in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya
(Resarch Square, 2021)
Background: Indoor air pollution (IAP) is an increasing public health hazard in developing countries.
Although fuelwood and kerosene are still heavily relied on as energy sources among households in the
Sub-Saharan Africa, ...
Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in Urban Land Use/Land Cover Change in Urbanizing Sub-Catchments In The Upper Ewaso Ng’iro North River Basin, Kenya
(East African Scholars Publisher, 2021)
Massive expansion of urban areas leads to land use/land cover (LULC)
changes which significantly alter the hydrology of river basins. Yet, systematic and
logical information on the spatio-temporal dynamics of urban LULC ...
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 ...