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Nutritional Profile of Economically Valuable Fish Species in the Lake Victoria Basin: Implications for Food and Nutrition Security Among Local Communities
(researchgate, 2025-04-30)Fish can help address human nutrient deficiencies but is often overlooked in nutrition policies due to insufficient evidence. This study evaluates the nutritional profiles of five economically significant fish species ... -
Historical Origin of Trout Farming in Kenya: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Prospects
(Wiley, 2025-08-12)Rainbow trout farming in Kenya remains an underdeveloped yet high-potential sector within the country’s aquaculture industry, despite the availability of suitable ecological conditions in high-altitude regions. This review ... -
A synthesis of agroecology indicator frameworks and application for East Africa
(CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2025-09-03)Agroecology has the potential to address food security and sustainability challenges in East Africa, but regional complexities require customized indicator frameworks that stakeholders, including smallholder farmers, ... -
Optimizing Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) production: effects of substrate variation on biomass, nutritional quality, hatchability, fecundity, and frass quality
(Frontiers, 2025-07-16)Insects such as the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens, BSF) are increasingly recognized for their potential to convert organic waste into high-quality protein and fertilizer inputs, contributing to circular bioeconomy ... -
Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) Aquaponics Enhances the Productivity of Fish and Crops: Trials on Nile Tilapia, African Catfish, Lettuce, Spinach and Basil
(wiley, 2025-08)This study investigated the efficiency of nutrient film technique (NFT) aquaponic systems in enhancing the productivity of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), African catfish (Clarias gariepinus), and leafy vegetables ... -
Synergistic Microbial Interactions Between Algae and Bacteria Augment Growth and Immune Performance in Red Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.)
(MDPI, 2025-08-25)This study investigated the effects of integrating biofloc with microalgae on growth performance and immune gene expression in red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.). The experiment consisted of four treatments: C (Biofloc), T1 ... -
Effects of Farmers' Socio-economic Characteristics on Adoption of Push Pull Technology in Western Kenya: Insights from UPSCALE Project
(SSRN, 2025)Agricultural technologies are being developed and improved to help in curbing constraints associated with agricultural production and income. Push pull Technology (PPT) is an organic approach in pest management that ... -
The Effect of Cropping Systems on component crop productivity and Land Resource Use
(SSRN, 2025-06-27)Adoption of intercropping has the potential to make efficient use of scarce land resource in densely populated AEZs of western Kenya and provide both livestock feed and human food while ensuring climate resilience. Most ... -
Effect of waterlogging on growth and development of selected green gram varieties
(Conscientia Beam, 2025-06-25)This experiment studied the effect of waterlogging on growth and development of selected green gram varieties so as to recommend to farmers the variety that can withstand waterlogging. The seeds of the three selected green ... -
Management of microbial keratitis by private pharmacies in Uganda: a study of knowledge, attitude, and practice.
(Pubmed central, 2025-01-27)To determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of pharmacy attendants in the management of microbial keratitis. -
Facilitators and barriers of Community Case management of Malaria implementation in Homabay, Busia and Kakamega Counties, Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2025-08-21)Community Case management of malaria (CCMm) is a strategy used in malaria-endemic areas to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality. CCMm involves providing malaria diagnosis and treatment within the community by trained ... -
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal health care services utilization and pregnancy outcomes at a tertiary hospital in western Kenya
(AJOL, 2024-11-25)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic occasioned significant disruptions in the delivery of healthcare services globally. There is limited knowledge on the effect of the pandemic on the utilization of maternal ... -
Participatory development and initial pilot run of the Shauriana program to integrate sexual health and mental health support for young gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men in Kenya
(University of California Press, 2025-03-06)Gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) are at elevated risk for HIV, especially in rights-constrained settings such as Kenya, where stigma and discrimination have impeded access to HIV prevention. ... -
‘It kills the freedom or the spirit of people being who they are’: impact of sexuality-based stigma and discrimination on the lives of gay and bisexual men in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2025)Gay and bisexual men (GBM) in Kenya are subjected to frequent experiences of sexuality-based stigma and discrimination, yet how GBM navigate these experiences and their impact on mental health has remained understudied. ... -
The Use of Photomicrographs and Real Specimens in Teaching Biology in Secondary Schools and its Effects on Students Performance, Kenya
(International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews, 2024)The study focused on examining the effect of teaching secondary school biology using photomicrographs and real specimens to enhance students’ academic performance in secondary schools in Kenya.it employed the constructivism ... -
The impact of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine resistance on the effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for the prevention of malaria in pregnancy in Africa: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
(Elsevier, 2025-07-14)Resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine threatens the antimalarial effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (ITPp-SP) in sub-Saharan ... -
In vitro, ex vivo, and in silico studies of phytochemicals from the stem bark of Bischofia javanica
(Taylor & Francis, 2025-06-14)The stem bark extract of Bischofia javanica, used in traditional Kenyan medicine afforded nine compounds named, santin (1), ermanin (2), rhamnocitrin (3), kumatakenin (4), abyssinone V-4′-methyl ether (5), β-sitosterol ... -
Impact of age, HIV1, sickle-cell genotypes, and interferon-gamma gene upstream variants on malaria disease outcomes in a longitudinal pediatric cohort
(Nature Publishing Group UK, 2025-04-16)This prospective cohort study explored the association between two upstream IFN-γ variants (rs2069709: G>T and rs2069705: A>G) and hazard factors for malaria outcomes in a longitudinal cohort of children (n=941, 3–36 ... -
Diagnostic accuracy of PfHRP2-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests and antigenemia persistence in Kenyan children from a holoendemic region: implications for case management and surveillance
(Journal of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2025-05-22)Malaria remains a significant cause of childhood morbidity and mortality, with Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein 2 (PfHRP2)-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) widely used in endemic regions where ... -
Distribution of nontuberculous Mycobacteria among presumptive drug resistance tuberculosis patients from a ministry of health drug resistance surveillance program, in western Kenya
(Elsevier, 2025-08-19)Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) species are emerging pathogens causing Pulmonary diseases with no definitive treatment. Molecular techniques enable characterization and drug resistance profiling, this study sought to ...