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Heavy metal distribution in soils of some urban and peri-urban horticultural farms in Botswana
(RUFORUM, 2014-07)
Despite the fact that there is high usage of agrochemicals and use of urban waste water for
irrigation, the concentration of potentially toxic metals in urban and peri-urban agriculture
(UPA) farms has not been widely ...
Conservation agriculture effects on earthworm populations in western Kenya and eastern Uganda soils.
(RUFORUM, 2014-07-25)
Conventional cultivation in Western Kenya and Eastern Uganda over the years has resulted into decline in soil quality and food crop production. Studying soil biodiversity under Conservation Agriculture production systems ...
Syntaxin 2 and SNAP-23 are required for regulated surfactant secretion
(2014)
The secretion of lung surfactant in alveolar type II cells is a complex process involving the fusion of lamellar bodies with the plasma membrane. This process is somewhat different from the exocytosis of hormones and ...
Determination of Tannin Concentrations in African Indigenous Vegetables, Grains and Cassava Roots from Emuhaya District, Western Kenya
(American Journal of Nutrition and Food Science, 2014-01-15)
The study evaluated tannin concentrations in four vegetables, three grains and cassava roots as the most common
foodstuffs in the diet of local communities from Emuhaya district in western Kenya and their nutritional ...
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF CELL PHONES PENETRATION AND DISPOSAL IN KENYA
(International Journal of Computers & Technology, 2014-05-25)
ABSTRACT
Kenya has over six million active mobile subscribers who may at some point want to replace or get rid of old mobile
phones. A big number of the mobile phones were recently switched off for not being genuine ...
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES AND OUTCOMES IN KENYA’S NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DIPLOMATS AND ANGELS OF MERCY PARADOX
(International Journal of Business and Management Review, 2014-10-01)
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) play a major role in improving the
living standards of families’ households, groups and individuals in any country especially in
Kenya and yet its downplayed therefore, this paper ...