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Investigating eggs hatchability in indigenous chicken system with smallholder farms in Kenya in a participatory research using analysis of variation
(Elewa bioSciences, 2014)
Objective: The aim of this farmer participatory research was to investigate the treatment effects of housing, vaccination, deworming and feed supplementation on production characteristics of indigenous chicken in different ...
Dynamic risk model for rift valley fever outbreaks in Kenya based on climate and disease outbreak data
(Geospatial health, 2016-05-31)
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonotic disease that occurs throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, with heavy impact in affected countries. Outbreaks are episodic and related to ...
Evaluating interventions uptake in indigenous chicken production in a participatory research with smallholder farmers in Kenya
(2015)
Indigenous chicken production system has long been characterised by low productivity due to
among other factors, poor management, inadequate and poor feeding regime, poor (or lack) of disease control measures, poor hygiene, ...
Influence of socio-economic status on attitudes towards premarital sex (PMS) among secondary school students in Western Kenya: Case study of Bungoma county, Kenya
(Sabinet, 2012-08-01)
A neighbourhood lacking descent environment in qualitative terms is paying a hidden cost. The study examined The need to predict and design preventive measures against HIV/AIDS has provided the valuable impetus for sexual ...
Environmental hazards in peri-urban poultry farming in western Kenya
(2015)
Poultry keeping is popular in peri-urban centres of Kenya. Poultry wastes arising from
intensive poultry units may become too large to be absorbed in the immediate areas of
production as crop plots and gardens decrease ...
Impact of microfinance institutions on economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs in developing countries
(Inovatus Services Ltd., 2015-09)
This study mirrored out the effects of Microfinance on economic empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs in
developing economies. Descriptive research design was used to assess the extent to which Women economic
empowerment ...
Effects of brand quality, brand prestige on brand purchase intention of mobile phone brands: empirical assessment from Kenya
(Inovatus services ltd, 2015)
This study aims to empirically examine the relationship between Brand quality, brand prestige and brand
purchase intention of mobile phone brands in Kenya. A survey was used to collect data from a sample of 322
respondents. ...
Youth deradicalization as a post-terrorism security intervention and its effect on social relations in Nairobi county, Kenya
(Target Publishing, 2019-10)
De-radicalization among young people is a crucial fight of national and international terrorism globally.
It is one of the post-terrorism security intervention strategies that is thought to address the root causes of ...
Occupational stress coping strategies utilised by drugs and substance abuse rehabilitation counsellors in the selected counties in Kenya
(2016)
Coping with occupational stress has become an important area for research in the last three decades. Coping strategies
play a critical role in an individual’s physical, behavioural and physiological wellbeing. Coping is ...
Effects of occupational stress among substance abuse rehabilitation centres based on their demographic characteristics in the selected counties in Kenya
(2015)
Occupational stress is a common phenomenon among drugs and substance abuse rehabilitation
counsellors. Though occupational stress has received increased attention, apparently the current
level of attention attributed to ...