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Transformation of Gender Labour Relations In Agriculture In Awendo Sub-County, Kenya, 1902-2017
(Maseno University, 2020)
Gender labour relations in agriculture have undergone a lot of changes over time impacting differently on both men and women. From the existing literature, gender labour inequalities have persisted over time in Awendo. The ...
Alpha-Amylase Inhibitory Compounds From Lannea Schweinfurthi Stem Bark and Their Modes of Inhibition
(Maseno University, 2020)
Management of hyperglycemia is an essential strategy in control of diabetes mellitus which remains a major health problem despite several therapeutic interventions particularly inhibitors of -amylase. Use of ethnobotanical ...
Influence of Forest Fragmentation on Tree Species Richness and Abundance In the Fragments Of Kakamega Forest, Kakamega County, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 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. Global researches have shown that primary ...
Influence of Monitoring and Evaluation on the Poverty Graduation Program of Boma In Ngurunit, Namarei and Illautlocations, Marsabit County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)
Since 1990, more than 1.1 billion people have moved out of extreme poverty globally. Africa is the poorest, with 28 of the world‟s poorest countries, and more than half of the world‟s poor, living in Sub-Sahara. Kenya is ...
The Influence of Cash Transfer Programmes on Socio-Economic Wellbeing of Recipient Households In Migori County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)
Conditional cash transfers are increasingly becoming best practice in the social sector for developing countries. In 2004, Orphans and Vulnerable Children Cash Transfer was introduced on pilot basis in Kenya. This was in ...
Effect of Monitoring Frequency Regimes on Program Outcomes: A Case Study of the ‘Dispensers for Safe Water’ Program In Kakamega County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)
Monitoring and evaluation are important management functions in ensuring that program/project objectives remain on course and the expected outcomes are realized. However, there is limited information on how different ...
Effects of rainfall variability on sugarcane production in Mumias sub county, Kakamega county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)
Temporal rainfall variability phenomenon is the degree to which rainfall amounts change at a given area through time either from month to month, season to season or year to year in relation to long-term average. The ...
Social determinants of adoption of on-farm tree planting and its contribution to household income in Shinyalu, Kakamega, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)
ABSTRACT
Throughout the world, deforestation continues at an alarming rate of about 13 million hectares a year. Human activities are by far the most common and most destructive cause of deforestation in Africa and other ...
Foreign Aid and the Political Economy in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)
Globally, foreign aid forms one of the largest components of foreign capital flows to low-income countries. For the last four decades, countries of Sub-Saharan Africa including Kenya have relied on external aid to alleviate ...
Influence of Crop Diversification On the Resilience Of Smallholder Farmers in Bungoma South Sub- County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)
Recognition that many agriculture-based economies have few other livelihood strategies has generated the desire to build resilience among smallholder farmers. Globally, due to rapid population growth and continual urban ...