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Information Needs and Seeking Behavior of Young Small-Scale Dairy Farmers in Murang’a County, Kenya
(2018-12)Access to agricultural information influences the farming practices adopted by farmers. Small scale dairy farmers need frequent access to agricultural information to cope with modern dairy farming practices. Inefficient ... -
Information Seeking Behavior of Students with Visual Imparements: A Case of Kenyatta University Library.
(2019-06)The point of the study was to set up the outwardly hindered students‟ information looking for practices, which contains information needs, looking for and use. The students‟ information looking for conduct was plotted ... -
Information technology and effectiveness of supply chain management in the Kenya public sector.
(2015)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 ... -
Inhibition Of Bovine Mastitis Pathogens By Bacteriocins Produced By Bacillus Spp Isolated From Rastrineobola Argentea (Omena)
(2015)Bacteriocins offer an advantage over antibiotics in that they target very specific organisms and they are generally regarded as safe for humans. The aim of this study was to isolate and identify bacteriocin-producing ... -
Inhibition Of Bovine Mastitis Pathogens By Bacteriocins Produced By Bacillus Spp Isolated From Rastrineobola Argentea (Omena)
(International Journal of Life Sciences Research, 2015)Bacteriocins offer an advantage over antibiotics in that they target very specific organisms and they are generally regarded as safe for humans. The aim of this study was to isolate and identify bacteriocin-producing Bacillus ... -
Innovative Solar Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Power Generator for a Recirculating Aquaculture System
(2020-09)Solar Photovoltaic power generation is fast gaining popularity in Kenya. However, the effects of high cell temperatures continue to be a major hindrance to their efficiency especially for standalone systems. Water can be ... -
Innovativeness and adaptations: the way forward for small scale peri- urban dairy farmers in semi-arid regions of South Eastern Kenya
(2016)Dairy farming is becoming an important livelihood support activity in the semi-arid regions of Kenya. However, it is becoming clear that the dairy farmers are challenged and in the recent past, milk production has not kept ... -
Innovativeness and Firm Performance among Family Owned Enterprises in Nairobi County
(European Journal of Business and Management, 2017)Small and Medium Family Owned Enterprises (SMFEs) are the engines of economic development through job creation and poverty reduction in most developing countries. Majority of the multinational corporations started as ... -
Insecticidal Activity of Elaeodendron schweinfurthianum Extracts and Compounds against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky
(2020-11)Agricultural production is constrained by pests which cause serious post-harvest losses in African. Maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky) is one of the most destructive insect pests of maize. Effective synthetic ... -
Insecticidal Activity of Ocimum Suave Willd Extracts and Compounds against Sitophilus Zeamais Motschulsky
(2020-11-28)Insect pests cause significant loss of maize production in Africa. Among pests of maize, beetles are the most important, with the maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motsch.) and the larger grain borer (Prostephanus truncatus ... -
Insecticidal Drimane Sesquiterpenes from Warburgia ugandensis against Maize Pests
(2021)Sitophilus zeamais and Prostephanus truncatus, the destructive pests of maize in Africa, cause extensive tunneling in maize grain leading to conversion of maize grain into flour within a very short time. Small-scale farmers ... -
Instant messaging an effective way of communication in workplace
(2013)The modern workplace is inherently collaborative, and this collaboration relies on effective communication among co-workers. Instant messaging is the multi-tasking tools of choice most people chatting over IM do other ... -
Institutional Innovations for Smallholder Agricultural Production Systems in Kenya: A Case of Smallholder Tea Subsector
(2016-10)The smallholder tea sub-sector which is part of the larger Kenyan tea industry has enjoyed considerable success since its inception in the early 1960s. The planted area under the smallholder system, expanded from 2,522 ... -
Instructional Usefulness of ICT’s as perceived by Lecturers in Technical Training Institutions in Kenya
(2021-01)Information Communication Technologies (ICT’s) is now the source of information used for instruction in our institutions of learning. Teacher education has received a big challenge as educators have to keep pace with the ... -
Integrating Electronic Information Sharing in Supply Chain for Organization Performance of Parastatals in Nakuru County, Kenya
(2021-09)In this Information Age, the world is an informational hub where information is available everywhere almost instantaneously and the supply chain benefits greatly from the flow of it. The main aim of the study was to ... -
Integration of E-Supplier Management and Organizational Performance of Parastatals in Nakuru County
(2022-10)This study sought to investigate the integration of e-supplier management and its influence on organizational performance. The study aimed to specifically; analyse e-information sharing and its influence on organizational ... -
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, ... -
Intentions to consume foods from edible insects and the prospects for transforming the ubiquitous biomass into food
(2018-12)Edible insects are a potentially less burdensome source of proteins on the environment than livestock for a majority of rural consumers. Hence, edible insects are a timely idea to address the challenges of the supply side ... -
Interaction between Financial Risk Management and Value of the Firm among Private Equity Firms in Frontier Markets: A Theoretical Perspective
(Journal of Accounting, Finance and Auditing Studies, 2019)Purpose: The study attempts to establish a theoretical basis for the interaction between financial risk management and value of the firm among private capital firms. Design and Methodology: The study was based on a ...
