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 ...

Wetlands such as the Nyando wetlands provide communities with a range of interrelated environmental functions and socio-economic benefits, which support a variety of livelihood strategies. Because of the range of wetland ...

Nyando Wetlands are a multi-use resource that provides the riparian community with a range of interrelated environmental functions and socio-economic benefits, which support a variety of livelihood strategies. This study ...

Poverty forces an individual to a state of powerlessness, hopelessness, and lack of self-esteem, confidence, and integrity, leading to a situation of multidimensional vulnerability. Several recent ...

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 ...

Virtually, all occupations to some extent have inherent risks. The objective of the study was to assess the role of arsenic (As) in universities’ instructional laboratories indoor settled dust as an occupational carcinogenic ...

A number of approaches have been employed across the world to address adaptation to climate change impacts. The role of ecosystems in adaptation to climate change impacts has been recognized at the international level more ...