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The use of biotechnology as a poverty alleviation strategy
(Maseno University, 2000)The application of biotechnology in agriculture in the Lake Victoria region in Kenya is discussed. Some tissue culture and genetic transformation strategies applied are described. The risks of genetic modification in plants ... -
Environment and food security for poverty alleviation in the Lake Victoria basin
(Maseno University, 2000)This paper presents the food security situation in Kenya, as well as the factors that affect it: lack of proper food and nutrition, land policy, investment in rural infrastructure, and research on Kenyan food crops, ... -
Relationship Between Types of Intelligence And Career Choice Among Undergraduate Students Of Maseno University, Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2019)Training institutions in most parts of the world place high premium on those who excel in examinations based on scholastic intelligence. In Kenya, students are admitted into available undergraduate degree programmes ... -
New compounds with antimicrobial activities from Elaeodendron buchananii stem bark
(Journal of Asian Natural Products Research, 2018)The plant species Elaeodendron buchananii Loes is widely used in folklore medicine to manage microbial infections in Kenya. Previous studies on the plant fruits and root bark revealed the presence of steroids and ... -
Role of livestock projects in empowering women smallholder farmers for sustainable food security in rural Kenya
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2009)Women are a major human resource and assure adequate nutrition, health and cognitive development of their households and children in their formative years. However, women are over-represented among the poor, suffer heavy ... -
The Performance of South African and Kenyan Universities on the World Wide Web: a Web Link Analysis
(Cybermetrics: International Journal of Scientometrics, Informetrics and Bibliometrics, 2007)The study used Link Analysis to compare Kenyan and South African universities according to several Web-based indicators, some of which include the number of pages, and the number of in and out-links. The authors examined ... -
Consumption, indigeneous knowledge and cultural values of the lakefly species within the Lake Victoria region
(African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2016)Of the edible insects, lakeflies (Chaoborus and Chironomus sp) are least documented as items of human consumption. They are eaten by the Luo communities living within the Lake Victoria basin. The purpose of this study was ... -
The influence of geographical area of production and nitrogenous fertiliser on yields and quality parameters of clonal tea
(Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 2010)Variations in requirements for tea production in Kenya and factors controlling growth and production of secondary metabolites responsible for the quality parameters are indicative of the need for non-uniform recommendations. ... -
Gender, culture and entrepreneurship in Kenya
(International Business Research, 2012)This study looked into how different cultural factors affect gender involvement in entrepreneurship in a multi-ethnic country, Kenya. A majority of previous similar studies have been done in Western, developed societies ... -
Role of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) on human health- A review
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2016)Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, abounds in nature and is highly labile. It is a water-soluble vitamin that is lost in large amounts during food processing. It is a vitamin whose prescribed requirement across cultures ... -
Provable, Secure & Democratic Election Model
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING, 2017)Democracy is founded on the principle of elections and opinion expression capabilities. Bimber & Leggewie foresaw e-democracy. Voting is an information transfer model. Trust is essential to communication channel but ... -
An Assessment of the Viability and Potential of Bamboo Micro Enterprises in Environmental Conservation and Poverty Alleviation in Nairobi City, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2010)Nairobi, Kenya‟s capital city has undergone rapid urbanization which has been associated with a number of development challenges. Key among these challenges is deterioration in urban environment and urban poverty. Bamboo ... -
Face attack and patients’ response strategies in a Kenyan hospital†
(Journal of social linguistics, 2010)Social power can be exercised by face attack where power differentials are sufficiently great and significant retaliation or sanctions are unlikely. Such exercise of social power is common in military contexts. It is not ... -
Sorghum and Salinity II. Gas Exchange and Chlorophyll Fluorescence of Sorghum under Salt Stress
(Wiley.com, 2004)Photosynthetic activity decreases when plants are grown under saline conditions leading to reduced growth and productivity. Leaf growth, gas exchange, and chlorophyll fluorescence of two sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] ... -
Effect of Inflation on Performance of Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Effect of inflation on the stock exchange has been under scrutiny in past few decades due to the interest potential investors have shown in the stock market globally. However, the empirical studies in this area have ... -
Influence of Performance Appraisal on Employee Performance In Public Service-Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)For about a decade and a half, the Government of Kenya put in place measures that included adoption of rapid results initiative and performance contracting aimed at improving efficiency in service delivery. Despite the ... -
Effect of Performance Contracting On Quality Service Delivery in Technical and Vocational Educational Institutions in Siaya County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Performance contracting IS aimed at performance improvement within the public sector. However, despite the improvements in performance in some sectors like education and banking, Technical and Vocational Educational ... -
Effect of Human Resource Audit on Employee Performance at Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company, Kenya
(2015)Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company is bedeviled by numerous customer complaints on water shortages and contamination, regular water line bursts, delay in connections,, bias in customer handl ing and reducing profitability. ... -
Water Resources Allocation and Use in the Lower Sondu Miriu River Basin, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)The adoption of a holistic approach to water resources allocation where all water resources in a river basin, their quality, quantity and the socioeconomic linkages are considered has been a global issue. However, small ...