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INFLUENCE OF DISTANCE ON FOREST UTILIZATION AND PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN CONSERVATION OF SOUTH WEST MAU FOREST, KENYA
(2018)
Intensity of use of forest and involvement of neighboring communities in conservation is not uniform. It is suspected that they reduce as one is located away from forest edge. This study looked at how individual’s distance ...
MAPPING CANCER PREVALENCE USING GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ELGEYO MARAKWET COUNTY, KENYA
(2018)
Cancer is a major public health problem in Elgeyo Marakwet county (Kenya) and worldwide. Kenya has a large number of people having cancer, and many studies have demonstrated that cancer is associated with environmental ...
TREE NURSERY ADOPTION AS STRATEGIC ENTERPRISE ON LIVELIHOOD IMPROVEMENT AT THE MILLENIUM VILLAGE’S PROJECT, SIAYA COUNTY KENYA
(2018)
Smallholder tree nursery enterprises are a significant aspect of efforts to improve livelihood to increase tree cover and livelihood improvement in rural areas. However due to widespread poverty, many such nurseries have ...
ESTIMATION OF ENERGY OF EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS FOR FUELWOOD SUPPLY TO TEA FACTORIES
(2018-11-30)
Trees and woodlots in plantation establishments are prominent features for wood biomass. In Kenya fuelwood remains the major supplier of energy, making its contribution to total energy supply crucial. However, there is ...
ABUNDANCE, MOVEMENT AND HOME RANGE OF SHARPE’S LONGCLAW IN MONTANE GRASSLANDS IN TIMAU, KENYA
(2018)
Sharpe’s Longclaw (SLC) is an endangered and endemic bird that is threatened by rapid reduction in the extent and quality of its habitat. It has a very small and highly fragmented range within the agricultural landscapes. ...
ENDOHELMINTHS OF Oreochromis niloticus baringoensis (Trewavas, 1983) AT RIVER MOLO INLET IN LAKE BARINGO, KENYA
(2018)
Endohelminths infections in fish cause production and economic losses through direct fish mortality, reduction in growth and condition, reproduction, energy loss, increase in the susceptibility to disease and predation. A ...
THE EFFECT OF AMINO ACID SUPPLEMENTED DIETS ON GROWTH PERFOMANCE OF NILE TILAPIA (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1758) FINGERLINGS REARED IN HAPAS SUSPENDED IN EARTHEN POND
(2018)
Commercial diets are produced in bulk with significant anti-nutritional factors increasing aquaculture production cost. The proximate composition of local feed ingredient is limited by unbalanced dietary amino acid contents, ...
SPATIAL – TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF LARVAL STAGES OF NILE PERCH (Lates niloticus LINNAEUS 1758) IN LAKE VICTORIA, KENYA
(2018)
Lake Victoria is a relatively dynamic ecosystem with constant changes in both biotic and abiotic variables primarily influenced by human activities. Studies in the ecology and fisheries in Lake Victoria has mostly concentrated ...