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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 ...
Cost-effective banana (musa paradisiaca) waste management and the welfare of banana farmers in Kakamega county Kenya
(EAJSTI, 2021)
Horticultural waste management is global war that must be won particularly in Kenya. Utilisation of banana waste can mitigate the dwindling welfare of banana farmers in Kakamega County. Unlike India’s preferred processing ...
The Potential Contribution of Public Primary Schools in Attaining Ten Percent Tree Cover in Kenya
(CARI Journals, 2021)
This paper demonstrates the influence of school land-use practices on tree population in public primary schools in Kisumu County.
Cities coping with COVID-19 Comparative perspectives
(Routledge, 2021)
Impact of Pesticides use on Honeybee Mortality, Honey Yields and Quality in Transmara West Sub County, Ke
(Research Square, 2021)
Background: The honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) is an important insect that produces honey wax and royal
jelly, and propolis that thought to fight infections. It also acts as a cross pollinator of both agricultural
and wild ...
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 ...
From a Waste Cemetery to a Waste Hospital: Recreating Kisumu City’s Waste Management System
(American Journal of Environmental Protection, 2021)
With the new constitutional dispensation in Kenya, counties, cities and towns are creating
and recreating their solid waste management systems. Taking Kisumu as a case, this study assesses the existing solid
waste ...
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 ...