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THE EFFECTS OF MARKET INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS ON SALES REVENUE AMONG FRENCH BEAN PRODUCERS: A CASE STUDY OF OL-DONYO SABUK, MACHAKOS COUNTY, KENYA
(2016)
Businesses operate in a world in which information is more readily and publicly available than ever before. Thanks to the development of the Internet, information on market trends, legislation, customers, suppliers, ...
Climate factors as determinants of food security in semi-arid Kenya: a longitudinal analysis
(2016)
Food security in the arid and semi-arid areas (ASALs) of Kenya is linked to climate and socio-economic factors. This study was conducted in two ASAL counties of Kenya, Kajiado and Makueni, inhabited by pastoral communities. ...
Role of camel milk in pastoral livelihoods in Kenya: contribution to household diet and income
(2016)
Pastoral livestock production in Kenya is subject to unpredictable rainfall and drought occurrences.
These adverse climatic conditions have led to vulnerable and insecure pastoral livelihoods. Despite the
potential to ...
Factors Influencing Pastoral and Agropastoral Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in the Drylands of Kenya: A Case Study of Kajiado and Makueni Counties
(2016)
This study establishes the determinants of household vulnerability to food insecurity in pastoral households of Kajiado and agropastoral households of Makueni Counties of Kenya. A randomly selected sample of 198 households ...
Chemical composition, dry matter intake (DMI)
(2016)
Fresh Acacia tortilis pods were mixed with low quality native grass hay to form the following
five rations: 100% hay (T1), 25% pods and 75% hay (T2), 50% pods and 50% hay (T3), 75%
pods and 25% hay (T4) and 100% pods ...
Land degradation in the semi-arid environments of Sub-Saharan Africa.
(2016)
Land degradation is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Fighting land degradation is essential to ensure the sustainable and long-term productivity of the
habited semiarid lands. In Kenya, ...
Climate factors as determinants of food security in semi-arid Kenya: a longitudinal analysis
(2016)
Food security in the arid and semi-arid areas (ASALs) of Kenya is linked to climate and socio-economic factors. This study was conducted in two ASAL counties of Kenya, Kajiado and Makueni, inhabited by pastoral communities. ...
The Challenges Posed by Ipomoea kituensis and the Grass-Weed Interaction in a reseeded semi-arid environment in Kenya
(2016)
Rehabilitation of denuded patches using perennial grasses has been used
extensively in semi-arid environments of Kenya. However, weeds
continue to pose an enormous challenge to the success of many
rehabilitation programmes. ...