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KEY LIMITATIONS OF FISH FEEDS, FEED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND OPPORTUNITIES IN KENYA’S AQUACULTURE ENTERPRISE
(African journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (ajfand), 2021-03)Profitability is key in fish farming, just as it is to any other enterprise. For the farmers to actualize high-profit margins, it is imperative to have access to well-balanced nutritive and cost-effective feeds, backed ... -
Effects of Deployment Period on Decomposition and Colonization of Leaf Litter of Differing Quality by Invertebrates
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST), 2021-05)Detritivorous invertebrates play major roles in organic matter processing and nutrient cycling in headwater streams. In this study, three common leaf species in upland Kenyan streams (Vernonia myriantha, Syzygium cordatum ... -
Inhibiting Aspects of ICT Infrastructure in Kenyan Technical Institutions for Teaching Electrical Engineering
(Journal of Advances in Education and Philosophy (JAEP), 2020-11-17)Information Communication Technologies have been incorporated in many sectors of the economy globally in the last two decades. In education, Governments around the world are investing large amounts of capital to achieve ... -
Board of Management Level of Commitment to Implementation of Strategic Planning in Primary Schools in Eldoret East Sub-County, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice (JEP), 2021-01-31)The uses of Strategic plans in modern institutions have developed indicators of successes in both public and private schools. It enabled stakeholders to define priorities, nature innovation and develop creativity. The ... -
Towards Achieving Quality Education in Kenya: Safeguarding Sustainable Free Day Secondary Education
(Journal of Education and Practice (JEP), 2020-11-30)The Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) was envisioned to make education in secondary schools more inexpensive and to enhance the success of students academically. These were to be attained via the reduction of user fees, ... -
Human Resource Planning Dynamics and academic performance of upgraded national schools in Western Kenya Counties
(European Journal of Education Studies (EJES), 2020)This paper looks at the human resource dynamics influencing performance of public secondary schools that were upgraded in Kenya. When they were upgraded, it was expected that performance of these schools would improve ... -
Effect of 7E Learning Cycle Model on Students’ Academic Achievement in Biology in Secondary Schools in Chesumei Subcounty, Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST), 2021-05)The objective of the study was to compare the effect of 7E Learning Cycle Model and Conventional Instructional Method on students’ academic achievement in Biology. Quasi experimental design was adopted in this study. A ... -
Influence of Availability of Equipment, Learning Aids and Facilities on Practical Abilities of Learners in Physics in Sirisia Division, Bungoma West Sub-County, Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST), 2020-07)Physics plays an important role in the development of the scientific base necessary for Kenya’s industrialization as envisaged in Vision 2030, but the students’ performance in the subject has been on a downward trend in ... -
The Power of Language as a Tool for Persuasion: A Content Analysis of Mother-In-Law Citizen TV Programme, Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST), 2020-07)Persuasion remains integral to social interaction. Interactions involved in politics, mass communications, and interpersonal relations provide forums through which individuals seek to influence behavior and thoughts of ... -
Optimizing community participation in the management of Yala Wetland Ecosystem, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya: The Yala Hub Framework
(African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (AJEST), 2021-11)Wetlands are one of the world’s most important environmental assets which experience complex challenges. Wetlands’ sustainability requires meaningful participation of the riparian communities in their management, yet this ... -
Assessing community participation in the strategic environmental assessment and land use plan of Yala Wetland ecosystem, Lake Victoria, Kenya
(African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (AJEST), 2021-03)Effective community participation in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Land Use Planning (LUP) is key to wetlands’ sustainable management. Yala Wetland key challenges of land and water resource use for competing ... -
Trainees’ Perception on the CBET Curriculum in Kenya: The Case of TVET Institutions in Coast Region
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2020)A considerable number of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) trainees released for the market are characterized by incompetence as they cannot exhibit behavior commensurate with the aspects of learning ... -
Challenges Faced in Implementing Poverty Reduction Strategies and Development of Pro-Poor Urban Poverty Reduction Strategy Model in Eldoret Town, Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST), 2021)Poverty is the state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount, on the basis of social, economic and political aspects. There are different ways to identify the types of Poverty which include Absolute, Relative, ... -
FUELWOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS IN MBARALI DISTRICT, SOUTH-WESTERN TANZANIA
(University of Eldoret, 2015)Biomass fuels account for much of domestic energy consumption in many developing countries. Despite the significance of these fuels in domestic energy provision, their unsustainable consumption often occurs at the expense ... -
OPTIMISING A RESTING BOX TO ENHANCE ADULT GRAVID FEMALE MOSQUITOE AUTO-DISSEMINATE LARVICIDE IN A SEMI FIELD
(University of Eldoret, 2018)Malaria control strategies that target adult mosquitoes are challenged by the emergence of insecticide resistance and behavioral changes of vectors. The conventional approach of applying larvicides is limited by high ... -
MANAGEMENT OF STRIGA IN FINGER MILLET (Eleusine coracana) BY INTERCROPPING WITH DESMODIUM (Desmodium intortum)
(University of Eldoret, 2021)Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth is one of the major constraints affecting finger millet production in western Kenya causing significant yield losses. Research efforts have resulted in production of some improved finger ... -
Effect of Replacing Fish Meal by Soybean-Blood Meal Mixture on Performance of Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus)
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLEDGE, 2018)Commercial fish feeds are highly expensive and unaffordable to majority of fish famers, usually fish meal which is scarce and expensive is used in compounding fish feeds. A fourteen-week study was done to determine growth ... -
What Is (Not) a Baboon?
(International Journal of Primatology, 2018)The term Bbaboon^ is the common name used for a subset of terrestrial Cercopithecines with large bodies and protruding snouts. Although the application of the term has changed considerably over the years, we argue that ... -
Impact of Seasons on Soil Physico-Chemical Properties and Tea Yields Based on Enriched Sheep Manure Used in Kericho, Kenya
(Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment, 2019)Tea (Camellia sinensis (L) O. Kuntze) is a perennial crop grown for beverage consumption. Its production is the leading foreign exchange earner in Kenya contributing about 26% foreign exchange and 4% GDP. Nitrogen (N), ... -
Assessment of the Ploidy Level Diversity by Chloroplast Counts in Stomatal Guard Cells of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Mutants
(Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science, 2019)Aims: Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the most important staple food in the world and plays an important role in food and nutritional security. Induced mutation generates variation within potato germplasm to widen the ...
