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A Spatially Explicit Approach for Targeting Resource-Poor Smallholders to Improve Their Participation in Agribusiness: A Case of Nyando and Vihiga County in Western Kenya
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-10)
The majority of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa face myriad challenges to participating in agribusiness markets. However, how the spatially explicit factors interact to influence household decision choices at the ...
Effect of Production Management Skills on the Production Level of ESP Financed Aquaculture Farms in Kisumu West Constituency, Kenya
(East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology, 2021)
The Kenyan Economic Stimulus Program was developed with an objective to spur regional development. The program targeted the establishment of 200 fish ponds in the selected constituencies in Kenya. Farmers were trained on ...
Roles of Local Governance Institutions and Promotion of Urban Agriculture Practices in Western Kenya
(International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 2020)
The role of local government institution and especially institutional structures and political culture often shape
government performance including livelihood supporting activities such as Urban Agriculture (UA). The
changing ...
Effect of management skills on performance of economic stimulus Program financed aquaculture farms Kisumu west constituency, Kenya
(Adventist University of Africa, Kenya, 2021)
In the endeavour to stimulate the Kenyan Economy after the post-election violence in 2008, the Economic Stimulus Program (ESP) was developed so as to jumpstart the economy. Commercialization ...
Evaluation of incorporation of universal design parameters in the planning approval process of Kisumu main bus terminus
(East African Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 2021)
Consideration of the normate template by designers usually leads to the
production of living spaces that fail to meet most of the spatial requirements of
would-be users. This phenomenon arises due to the fact that the ...
Transit oriented development in medium cities in Africa: Experiences from Kisumu, Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2021)
Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is a planned area with land use that has optimal reach of public
transport by urban populace it serves. Availability and accessibility of public transport minimizes
reliance of use by ...
A Spatially Explicit Approach for Targeting Resource-Poor Smallholders to Improve Their Participation in Agribusiness: A Case of Nyando and Vihiga County in Western Kenya
(MDPI, 2020)
The majority of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa face myriad challenges to
participating in agribusiness markets. However, how the spatially explicit factors interact to influence
household decision choices at ...
Gendered Implications of Food Trade Regulations in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Science and Education Publishing, 2021)
The aim of this study is to link governance and gender in the informal food markets which have been
overlooked by research and global policy agendas. Specifically, the study sets out to establish the effect of
regulations ...
Co-production of urban knowledge: Context approach for effective and efficient governance of cities
(ACTA, 2021)
Effective and efficient governance is driven by policies that prevail in urban contexts. Policies
are usually the result of knowledge co-production, but the efficacy of the process of translating
knowledge into policy ...
Examination of The Institutional Capacity of Ministry of Land and Settlement, Ministry of Housing and Kisumu City Council Towards Low Cost Housing Development in Kenya
(Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021)
This study was to evaluate the Kenya Government housing policies and strategies for housing the urban poor in Kenya,
and how the citizen has benefited from the scheme/plan. Objective of the article was to examine the ...