Simulated effects of climate change on green gram production in Kitui County, Kenya

The Effect of Climate Change on the Yield of Rice in the Rasht County

Given the climatic changes and threats to food security in recent years, they have have become a major issue in agricultural climatology. The present study aimed to investigate the status of agricultural climate suitable for the cultivation of rice in the light of the influential climatic conditions in the past. Given the effect of temperature and the amount of precipitations on rice growth and...

Detecting the Impact of Climate Change Droughts on Changes in Groundwater Resources. Case Study: Birjand County

Increasing atmospheric anomalies have altered some of the extreme events such as global warming droughts, many climatic components such as precipitation, evapotranspiration, temporal and spatial distribution of precipitation, followed by dominoes of changes in freshwater resources available to communities. Human changes such as changes in the hydrological regime of rivers, changes in the qualit...

Determinants of climate change awareness level in upper Nyakach Division, Kisumu County, Kenya

Improving the understanding of climate change awareness is one of the top priorities in climate change research. While the African continent is among the regions with the highest vulnerability to climate change, research on climate knowledge and awareness is lacking. Kenya is already grappling with the impacts of climate change, which are projected to increase in a non-linear and non-predictabl...

Knowledge on HPV Vaccine and Cervical Cancer Facilitates Vaccine Acceptability among School Teachers in Kitui County, Kenya

BACKGROUND Vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection have the potential to reduce the burden of cervical cancer. School-based delivery of HPV vaccines is cost-effective and successful uptake depends on school teachers' knowledge and acceptability of the vaccine. The aim of this study is to assess primary school teachers' knowledge and acceptability of HPV vaccine and to explore faci...

Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity in Garissa County, Kenya Adaptation Learning Programme (ALP)