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Towards Improving Agricultural Marketing Information Systems for Smallholder Farmers: A Tharaka Nithi Case
(Journal of Agriculture and Sustainability, 2018)Agricultural marketing information systems play a crucial role in farmers’ decision making process on production and marketing of farm produce. Farmers require easy access to relevant, up to date and adequate agricultural ... -
Implications for Access and Non-Access of Agricultural Market Information in Tharaka Nithi County
(Journal of Agriculture and Sustainability, 2018-11)Agriculture is the mainstay of Kenyan economy. It accounts for 26% GDP and provides 18% and 42% formal and informal employment respectively. Tharaka Nithi has a population of about 400,000 persons, over 90% of whom rely ... -
The feasibility of ICT diffusion amongst African rural women: a case study of South Africa and Kenya
(International Review of Information Ethics, 2010)This study explores whether ICT use is feasible in the rural areas of South Africa and Kenya by using largely survey research method. The survey involved interviewing 400 women aged between 16-60 from both Kenya and South ... -
Analyzing ICT use and access amongst rural women in Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, 2008)The purpose of this study is to explore the current use and access of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) situation amongst rural women in Kenya, and suggest mitigating solutions. Using survey research, rural ... -
WIND ENERGY ASSESSMENT AS A POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE IN KISUMU CITY IN KENYA
(World Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (WJERT ) www.wjert.org, 2018-02-10)As a developing nation, Kenya urgently needs new sources of affordable and clean energy to meet its growing energy demand. Among them is wind energy, which is potentially attractive because of ... -
Phytochemical Analysis of Selected Indigenous Medicinal Plants used in Rwanda
(Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2017; 6(1): 322-324, 2016-12-06)The medicinal properties exhibited by various medicinal plants are driven by the phytochemicals present in the plants. The purpose of this study was to identify the phytochemicals present in the six selected medicinal ... -
In vitro anthelmintic activity of Sansevieria trifasciata leaves extract against Fasciola hepatica
(World Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016-10-28)The purpose of this study was to investigate the in vitro anthelmintic activity of Sansevieria trifasciata leaves extract against Fasciola Hepatica. The extract was prepared by soaking one portion of the plant leaves into ... -
Evaluation of Wound Healing Activity of Ethanolic Extract of Leaves of Croton megalocarpus Using Excision Wound Model on Wistar Albino Rats
(International Journal of Science and Research Methodology www.ijsrm.humanjournals.com, 2016-09-25)This study evaluated the wound healing potential of ethanolic extract of Croton megalocarpus leaves. Different doses (i.e. 50mg/ml, 100mg/ml and 150 mg/ml) of the extract were topically applied daily to excision wounds ... -
Evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of Aptenia cordifolia leaves extract in wistar albino rats
(Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2017; 6(1): 238-240, 2016-12-12)The present study evaluated the anti-inflammatory activity of Aptenia cordifolia ethanolic leaves extract in wistar albino rats. The rats were divided into four groups of six animals each. Group I served as the negative ... -
Bioactivity of Jacaranda mimosifolia and Bougainvillea spectabilis Leaves powder against Acanthoscelides obtectus
(Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017, 2016-12-17)This study evaluated the bioactivity of Bougainvillea spectabilis and Jacaranda mimosifolia leaves powder against adult Acanthoscelides obtectus. The plant powders obtained was weighed into 2.5g, 5g and 10g and placed ... -
Garched investment decision making with real risk
(International Journal of Business and Public Management, 2011)Actual future market risks (systematic or non-diversifiable) of investment portfolios are determined in this paper. Future returns are first forecasted using past returns and GARCH (General Autoregressive Conditional ... -
Construction of Markov Transition Matrices for Cohorts of Students in Bsc.Actuarial Science Programme
(Mount Kenya University, 2016)This paper presents an application of Markov Analysis of student flow in a higher educational institution. In the education system not all students who begin an academic year stay till the end. Many of ... -
An Assessment of Tick-Borne Diseases Constraints to Livestock Production in a Smallholder Livestock Production System: a Case of Njiru District, Kenya
(International Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry, 2015-10)The principle objective of the study was to determine the tick- borne diseases constraints to livestock production in Njiru District, Kenya. The survey was carried out in six locations, clusterly selected and spread across ... -
Overall Seasonal Energy Cost Analysis of Smallholder Pumped Irrigation Systems in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya
(Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, 2014)In Kenya, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of smallholder farmers using motorized pumps in their farming operations. The recent increase in uptake of pumps in irrigated agriculture is as a result of need ... -
The status of potato leafroll virus in Kenya
(Journal of Plant Pathology, 2003)A survey of potato leaf roll disease conducted in major potato growing regions of Kenya (Meru, Kiambu, Nyamira and Kisii districts) revealed the highest incidence in Kisima location, Timau division of Meru district and an ... -
A Review of Users Adoption of Open Source Software in Africa
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012)In the current world, software is increasingly becoming important in the human activity. It is widely recognised that Open Source software (OSS) is freely available to anyone who needs it. However, loyalty of computer users ...
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