نتایج جستجو برای: Western Kenya

تعداد نتایج: 205881  

Journal: :international journal of agricultural management and development 2012
abura odilla gilbert barchok kipngeno hillary onyango christopher asher

the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of extension services in enhancing effectiveness of out growers’ credit system in kisumu county, kenya. the study specifically sought to determine whether public and private extension services play a significant role in enhancing effectiveness of out-growers’ credit system among smallholder sugarcane farmers. a total of 110 small scale farme...

Journal: :Journal of medical entomology 2002
Noboru Minakawa George Sonye Motoyoshi Mogi Andre Githeko Guiyun Yan

Since 1988 malaria epidemics have occurred in multiple sites in western Kenya highlands. Climatic variability has been associated with some of the recent epidemics. We examined influences of climatic factors on the distribution and abundance of three malaria vector species, Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles arabiensis, and Anopheles funestus in western Kenya and in the Great Rift Valley. Mosquito sa...

2014
Namuunda Mutombo Pauline Bakibinga Carol Mukiira Eva Kamande

BACKGROUND The last two decades have seen an increase in literature reporting an increase in knowledge and use of contraceptives among individuals and couples in Kenya, as in the rest of Africa, but there is a dearth of information regarding knowledge about benefits of family planning (FP) in Kenya. OBJECTIVES To assess the factors associated with knowledge about the benefits of FP for women ...

2013
Mwamburi Mcharo Phillip Ndolo

Objective: The focus of this study was to evaluate the yield and stability of superior sweet potato cultivars for release in Kenya. This is the first attempt to document experimental results that have led to the first and so far only sweet potato variety release in Kenya. Methodology: Ten national performance trials laid out as randomized complete block designs were performed on 14 sweet potato...

Journal: :Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1985

Agricultural Extension services are among the most important rural services in developing countries. The services are considered to be a key driver of technological change and productivity growth in agriculture. In Kenya, like in the rest of the developing economies, agricultural extension has largely been delivered through supply–driven approaches. Due to perceived low impact of agricultural e...

2017
Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook Elysse Noel Grossi-Soyster William Anson de Glanville Lian Francesca Thomas Samuel Kariuki Barend Mark de Clare Bronsvoort Claire Njeri Wamae Angelle Desiree LaBeaud Eric Maurice Fèvre

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a zoonotic arbovirus affecting livestock and people. This study was conducted in western Kenya where RVFV outbreaks have not previously been reported. The aims were to document the seroprevalence and risk factors for RVFV antibodies in a community-based sample from western Kenya and compare this with slaughterhouse workers in the same region who are considered ...

2016
Emily N Wamalwa John Muoma Clabe Wekesa

Increased agricultural production is an urgent issue. Projected global population is 9 million people by mid of this century. Estimation projects death of 1 million people for lack of food quality (micronutrient deficit) and quantity (protein deficit). Majority of these people will be living in developing countries. Other global challenges include shrinking cultivable lands, salinity, and flood...

Journal: :Preventive veterinary medicine 2013
E Okoth C Gallardo J M Macharia A Omore V Pelayo D W Bulimo M Arias P Kitala K Baboon I Lekolol D Mijele R P Bishop

We describe a horizontal survey of African swine fever virus (ASFV) prevalence and risk factors associated with virus infection in domestic pigs in two contrasting production systems in Kenya. A free range/tethering, low input production system in Ndhiwa District of South-western Kenya is compared with a medium input stall fed production system in Kiambu District of Central Kenya. Analysis of v...

Journal: :Journal of East African Natural History 1995

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