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GENDER DIMENSION OF DRYLAND FARMING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN EMBU COUNTY, KENYA
(2019-10-30)
Agriculture is the backbone of Kenya’s economy, and hence its importance in enhancing foreign trade, food security, poverty alleviation, national development and revitalizing human welfare. Despite the importance of the ...
POTENTIALS OF LAND USE PLANNING IN RESOLVING LAND USE CONFLICTS AROUND PROTECTED AREAS IN KENYA
(2019-11-30)
Although land cover and land use changes are important processes that affect the ecological integrity of conservation areas, there are still gaps on how their planning is implemented so as to address the endless land-use ...
MODELING OPTIMAL YIELD OF MAIZE UNDER DEFICIT IRRIGATION AND NUTRIENTS LEVELS
(2019-11-30)
Agriculture uses the largest volume of water which is a scarce natural resource and equally demanded for both industrial and domestic requirements. Increasing demand in agricultural production for food and industrial ...
EFFECTS OF HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS ON URBAN WATER USE
(2019-11-30)
Urban areas of the world are already or almost facing unprecedented water scarcity due to increased demand from the ever-growing urban population without an equivalent growth in the development of water supplies. Unfortunately, ...
ROLE OF FOREST ECOSYSTEM RESOURCES IN ALLEVIATING HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
(2019-11-30)
The role played by forest ecosystem resources is critical to forest-fringe rural households who depend on it to sustain their livelihood outcomes like alleviating household poverty and reducing household income inequality. ...
LEAD AND ARSENIC INADVERTENT OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT IN INSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORIES IN MOI UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF ELDORET, KENYA
(2019-11-30)
Settled surface indoor dust is of environmental importance since it can act as a medium of human exposure to heavy metals. Universities laboratories are involved in varied activities some of which may expose arsenic (As) ...
POTENTIAL OF SELECTED MACROPHYTES IN REMEDIATING UNIVERSITY OF ELDORET WASTEWATER USING MULTISTAGE TECHNIQUE
(2019-11-20)
Treatment of wastewater is a challenge that has afflicted man ever since he discovered that unsafe management and disposal of wastewater into aquatic ecosystems is detrimental to environment. This research was carried out ...
ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
(2019)
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is a nature- based and cost effective strategy that uses biodiversity and ecosystem services to adapt to climate change impacts. While there is some evidence of climate change and its impact ...
SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING ACCESS TO PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, KIMUMU WARD- UASIN GISHU COUNTY
(2019-11-30)
Planning guidelines in Kenya recommends a school for a specified population. With regard to primary schools, it provides that pupils should attend a school close to their homes within a distance not exceeding 2 km. It is ...
Efficiency of University of Eldoret Wastewater Treatment Plant, Kenya
(Africa Environmental Review Journal, 2019)
Water is a vital, indispensable resource which organisms require for the sustenance of life. Currently, problem of water scarcity persists due to water pollution by heavy metals and eutrophic nutrients that have resulted ...