Browsing Books & Book Chapters (BE) by Title
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Career Development and Employee Value Proposition People Management Future
(2022-09-09)Career development has gained a lot of interest over time as organizations and employees attempt to match individual goals with organizational goals to maximize performance. Value proposition, in human resource management ... -
Climate variability, land use and livelihoods in the Rangelands
(2014)This book explores the interrelationships between climate variability, land-use and livelihoods in the rangelands, taking Makueni and Kajiado Counties of southern Kenya as a case. Makueni County is predominantly inhabited ... -
Dryland Husbandry for Sustainable Development in the Southern Rangelands of Kenya
(2004)The Dryland Husbandry Project (DHP) came into being under an arrangement conceived by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD), which changed later to Inter-Governmental Authority on Development ... -
Ecological, Socio-economic and Livelihood Differentiation of Kenya's Lembus Forest Proximate Communities: The Case of the Tugen and Lembus
(2010)The Tugen and Lembus are indigenous communities found adjacent to the Lembus igenous forests. Other than these two communities, there are several others inhabiting this area the surrounding districts. The Lembus igenous ... -
The Economic Contribution of Copyright-Based Industries in Tanzania
(2002)The main objective of this study was to quantify the economic contribution of copyright-based industries in Tanzania by estimating their value-added contribution to GDP, share of national employment, and revenue generated ... -
Electronic Procurement Practices on Supply Chain Performance: Sugar Processing Firms, Focus Study
(White Falcon Publishing, 2020-08-27)In Kenya, manual systems have been a source of major inefficiencies in the regulation and operations of the procurement function. Therefore there is need to adopt ICT in order to ensure proper functioning of the procurement ... -
Enhancing Vocabulary Learning in Kenya's ESL Classrooms
(Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2013-01)This book explores theories and pedagogies in the L2 classroom that have led to an understanding of how non-native languages are taught and learned. Featuring a diverse set of perspectives from researchers and language ... -
Ethnic conflicts and farming in Kenya: special reference to Trans-Nzoia County
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Financial Inclusion for Inclusive Growth
(2013)The present book is an attempt at providing a comprehensive and value oriented strategies for Financial Inclusion for Inclusive Growth. There are thirty research papers contributed by scholars from within and outside the ... -
A General Overview of Information Technology and the Effectiveness of Supply Chain Management in the Kenya Public Sector.
(Book publisher International, 2020-07)Main objective of the study was to establish factors affecting effectiveness of supply chain management in Kenyan public sector with, specific reference to the Ministry of Finance. The study’s specific objective is to ... -
Guidelines for emergency livestock off-take handbook
(2005)Kenya’s agricultural sector accounts for 20–30% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Of this, the livestock sector alone makes a contribution of about 50%. Thus, livestock contributes heavily to the GDP and food security ... -
Household Data Collection for Socio-Economic Research in Agriculture: Approaches and Challenges in Developing Countrie
(2009)In this article, household data collection procedures for socio-economic research in agriculture under conditions prevalent in developing countries are described. Using relevant examples for Kenya, the sources and types ... -
Household food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from Kenya
(1997)Food security is one of the most challenging issues in sub-Saharan Africa which has continued to generate debate. Literature abounds showing that Africa is the only region in the world where per capita food production has ... -
Hydrologic properties of grazed perennial swards in semiarid southeastern Kenya
(2009)Identification of plant resources that persist under grazing pressure, support desirable levels of production and at the same time protect the grazing environment is central to sustainable livestock production. This study ... -
Impacts of policy reforms on the livestock industry in Kenya: The case of the dairy sector
(2009)This article analyses the impact of liberalization on the dairy industry in Kenya. Much debate rages over the effects of this policy. This debate is, however, not well informed; it lacks recent studies to show events and ... -
Improving soil hydrological properties of denuded semi-arid rangeland in southeastern Kenya using reseeding technology
(2010)A study was conducted to establish the contribution of Eragrostis superba, Enteropogon macrostachyus and Cenchrus ciliaris in improving soil hydrological properties in semi-arid Kenya. Kamphorst rainfall simulator was used ... -
Indigenous techniques for assessing and monitoring range resources in East Africa
(2005)Local knowledge, which refers to a social activity that has been set up primarily as a result of local initiative, or techniques that are endogenously generated, enforced and maintained has not been mainstreamed in rangeland ... -
Influence of micro-catchment technology on above ground biomass production and financial returns of range grasses in southern Kenya.
(2010)A study was conducted in the southern rangelands of Kenya to compare the effect of two micro-catchments, ox-furrows and crescent shaped pits (Kiboko range pits) on the above ground biomass production of three range grasses. ... -
Intellectual Property Challenges in Digital Library Environments
(2018)Intellectual property poses a major challenge to digital libraries. This is because access to information in digital libraries is limited by laws, licenses and technology adopted by intellectual property owners. Similarly, ...
