University of Eldoret Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Significance of Activity Schedule Organizational Performance of Coffee Cooperative Societies in North Rift, Kenya
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT, 2018)Activity schedule provides key steps and stages in the achievement of the organizationalgoals and objectives. It informs implementation of the level of cleared and remaining tasks that are necessary in ... -
Parametric Point Estimation of the Geeta Distribution
(International Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications, 2018)Geeta distribution is a new discrete random variable distribution defined over all the positive integers with two parameters. This distribution belongs to the family of Location-parameter (LDPD) system and is of the form ... -
EFFECT OF COST LEADERSHIP STRATEGY ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF LOGISTICS FIRMS AT JOMO KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KENYA
(2018)This paper looks at how logistics firms operating at Kenya’s premier airport; Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi use cost leadership strategy to drive their performance. The study therefore looked ... -
Evaluation Of Heating Value And Biomass Production Of Eucalyptus Plantations For Fuelwood Supply To Tea Factories In Nandi County, Kenya
(Researchjournali’sJournal of Forestry, 2018)Trees and woodlots in plantation establishments produce biomass for energy supply. In developing countries where fuelwood is the main source of energy, the properties of wood in relation to energy supply are important. ... -
Shifts in the food of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in Lake Victoria
(Journal of Lake and Reservoirs, 2018)The study investigated diet of Nile perch in Lake Victoria and compared results with past data from the same lake in order to analyse diet shifts over time. Fish samples (2020) were collected by seining and trawling from ... -
EFFECTS OF BIOFLOC TECHNOLOGY ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF NILE TILAPIA (Oreochromis Niloticus)FINGERLINGS AND MICROBIAL COLONIZATION IN THE SYSTEM.
(International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch, 2018)Aquaculture intensification is characterized by high stocking density and need of high quality and quantity of artificial feed. Increased fish biomass and feed input brings about rapid deterioration ... -
Assessment of theFisheries Status in River Molo to Guide the Management on its Fisheries
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2018)Rivers provide a suite of ecosystem goods and services to fisheries as well as water that benefit the domestic and industrial use of the riparian communities. The increasing intensification of ... -
Colonization patterns of benthic macroinvertebrates in fertilized and non-fertilized earthen fi sh ponds
(International Journal of Aquaculture and Fishery Sciences, 2018)International Journal of Aquaculture and Fishery SciencesISSN: 2455-8400CC By022Life Sciences Group Citation: Orwa PO, Omondi R, Chemoiwa EJ (2018) Colonization patterns of benthic macroinvertebrates in fertilized and ... -
Optimal Kiefer Ordering of Simplex Designs for Third-Degree Mixture Kronecker-Models with three ingredients.
(Mathematical Theory and Modeling, 2019)This paper investigates the Kiefer optimality in the third-degree Kronecker model for mixture experiments. For mixture models on the simplex, a better design is obtained, by matrix majorization that yields a larger ... -
Parametric Interval Estimation of the Geeta Distribution
(International Journal of Statistics and Probability, 2018)t is well known that the sample mean is the estimator of a population mean in mathematical statistics from a given population of interest as a point estimator which assume a single number that is obtained ... -
Challenges Facing the Entry of Graduates of Technical Training Institutions into Self - employment: The Case of North Rift Region
(Africa Journal of Technical & Vocational Education & Training, 2019)Technical Vocational Education and Training programmes provide significant inputs for young people to become self-reliant, opens the opportunities for innovativeness and discover jobs which fits their choices ... -
Assessment of Levels of Nutrients in Selected ALVs at Different Harvesting Stages and Locations of Production in Western Kenya
(International Journal of Biochemistry Research and Review, 2019)Proper nutrition contributesto declines under-five mortality rates and improves the productivity of adults.Addressing nutritional problems requires adequate information on the diets of individuals and populations. ... -
Effects of Deficit Irrigation and Mulch on Yield and Quality of Potato Crop
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2018, 2018)Field trials were carried out at Uswo location, located in North Rift part of Kenya during March 2016-July 2016 growing seasons. The main objective was to determine the yield and quality responses of potato crop to deficit ... -
Design and Fabrication of a Pedal Powered Paddy Rice Thresher International
(Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management, 2018)The main objective of this study was to design and fabricate a hand operated pedal powered thresher for threshing, separating, and cleaning rice paddies. The major components of the machine include ... -
Analysis of Energy Storage and Return foot stiffness by Coupling Musculoskeletal and Finite Element Simulation
(Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, 2018)Transtibial amputees currently have numerous prostheses in the market which are aimed at improving the control, cosmetics and comfort. Each of the three categories of prosthetic feet namely; ... -
Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones
(Science Advances AAAS, 2019)River ecosystems receive and process vast quantities of terrestrial organic carbon, the fate of which depends strongly on microbial activity. Variation in and controls of processing rates, however, are poorly characterized ... -
Factors influencing indigenous community practices in curbing postharvest losses: A study of Kipsaraman Division, Baringo County, Kenya
(International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research, 2019)"Hunger, malnutrition, and poverty remain stubbornly persistent in sub-Sahara Africa especially among poor rural households where postharvest losses are observed, thus increasing levels of hunger and poverty. In this ... -
Assessing the social , cultural, Economic and environmental conditions of Nambale Town in Busia County
(Kenya.Urban and Regional Planning, 2019)The preparation of an Integrated Urban Development Plan (IUDP) for an urban center requires a grasp of the situation in terms of issues and challenges facing the residents of that particular urban ... -
Nutritional composition of species in the vernonia hymenolepis complex in Kenya
(International Journal of Scietific and research publications, 2019)Vernonia hymenolepis species is a weed that is found in various parts of Africa and has traditionally been used as a vegetable because of its nutritional and medicinal value. The species complex in the genus Vernonia ... -
Effective Adoption of Striga Control Technologies in Maize by Association and Non-Association Farmers in Bungoma County
(Kenya,African Journal of Education, Science and Technology,2018, 2018)Striga species also known as witchweeds decimate agriculture in most parts of Africa, attacking the major cereal grains and legumes, and halving the already very low yields of subsistence farmers in Kenya, Bungoma County ...
