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Improved cow fertility through appropriate management practices on-farm in Koibatek and Nakuru districts
(KARI, 1999)
n a survey conducted in 1996, 82 (22.6 percent) of all cows with impaired fertility, i.e expected calving interval over 1.5 years, were found on 63 and 53 farms in Koibatek District and Nakuru District (Bahati Division), ...
Health implications of heavy metals in soil, scalp hair and selected food crops within Eldoret municipality, Kenya
(Journal of environmental science, toxicology and food technology, 2013-12)
Heavy metals were analyzed in soils, food crops and male scalp hair samples collected from two age
group subjects; adults (18 - 45 years) and old age (46 - 55 years) males from polluted and relatively less
polluted areas ...
Can fodder diets increase goat production by a quantum leap?
(Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya, 1992)
Growing goats, 45 Alpine and 45 Nubian, were used in a 3 × 3 factorial arrangement to quantify the influence of dietary energy and protein levels on daily DM intake and nutrient utilization for growth. Goats had ad libitum ...
Transformations in Kenyan science teachers’ locus of control: the influence of contextualized science and emancipated student learning
(Routledge, 2017-02-21)
This study investigated Kenyan science teachers’ pedagogical transformations, which manifested as they enacted and experienced a reformed contextualized science curriculum in which students’ learning experiences were ...
Effect of Peer Teaching among Students on their Performance in Mathematics
(International journal of scientific research and innovative technology, 2016)
Mathematics is a key subject in the school curriculum and is considered as critical filter for learners’ career
choices. However, over the years mathematics has been one of the poorly performed subjects in the Kenya
Certificate ...
Contextualized science teaching and student performance: the case of a Kenyan girls science class
(Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales" Daza de Valdes", 2017-06)
This paper is about a case study that investigated the impact of contextualized science teaching and learning onperformance of a Form three (Grade 11) class in one of Kenya’s girls high schools. The class experienced nine ...
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by Sabaots of mt. Elgon Kenya.
(African Ethnomedicines Network (Nigeria), 2010)
Though the majority of people in Kenya and at Kopsiro Division in particular, rely on ethnomedicinal plant
species to manage human ailments, the indigenous knowledge largely remains undocumented. Therefore, an
ethnobotanical ...
Factors that influence teachers perception towards the implementation of strengthening mathematics and science in secondary education (SMASSE)Programme in Bungoma .
(201-03)
Dismal performance in Mathematics and Science subjects poses a challenge towards realization of the Kenya
National development goal of industrialization by the year 2020. The government of Kenya in liaison with the
Japanese ...
Effective microorganisms and their influence on growth and yield of pigweed (amaranthus dubians)
(African Ethnomedicines Network (Nigeria), 2010-01)
Pigweed (Amaranthus dubians) plants grow widely in many parts of the world. It is a very popular indigenous
wild vegetable and is usually utilized by many communities as a nutritional additive. Pigweed is becoming very ...
Allelopathic potential of mexican sunflower [tithonia diversifolia (hemsl) a. gray] on germination and growth of cowpea seedlings (vigna sinensis l.)
(2015)
Invasive plant species when introduced into new environments may result into a number of ecological problems (Howard et al., 2000). They may influence other species through pathways such as allelopathy or phytotoxicity ...