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Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: What are the key factors that contribute to household-level food security? What lessons can we learn from food secure households? What agricultural options and management strategies are likely to benefit ... -
Gender Inequality and Economic Development
(2015)This article attempts to analyze the effect of gender inequality on economic growth using the GMM dynamic panel for the five countries of the Great Maghreb during the period 1985-2011.The results of this study lead us to ... -
Staff Profile: Kairu Anne Wangari
(University of Embu, 2015)Anne Kairu is also Tutorial Fellow in the Department of Land and Water Management in the University of Embu, teaching courses related to conservation. She graduated with Master of Science, Biology of Conservation from ... -
WritingSkills and Presentations
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Rainfall Variability, Drought Characterization, and Efficacy of Rainfall Data Reconstruction: Case of Eastern Kenya
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015)This study examined the extent of seasonal rainfall variability, drought occurrence, and the efficacy of interpolation techniques in eastern Kenya. Analyses of rainfall variability utilized rainfall anomaly index, coefficients ... -
Thesis Proposal
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Adapting African Agriculture to Climate Change
(Springer, 2015)Drier parts of Embu County, Eastern Kenya, endure persistent crop failure and declining agricultural productivity which have been attributed, in part, to prolonged dry-spells and erratic rainfall. Nonetheless, understanding ... -
Combining CBD Resistance with High Yields and Good Cup Quality: Success case in Ruiru 11 Cultivar
(2015)Coffea arabica cv. Ruiru 11 is a composite of sixty six (66) F1 hybrid sibs each derived from a cross between a specific female and male population. The pedigree of Ruiru 11 consist of CBD resistance donors, Rume Sudan ... -
Early Agronomic Performance of Some New and Existing Arabica Coffee Varieties in Kenya
(2015)The primary goal of plant breeding is to improve yield, quality and disease resistance. However, majority of reported work on coffee breeding primarily concerns agronomical improvement that directly impinges on either ... -
Coffee Breeding in Kenya: Achievements, Challenges and Current Focus
(2015)Coffee production in Kenya is seriously constrained by two fungal diseases namely Coffee Berry Disease (CBD) caused by Colletotrichum kahawae (Waller & Bridge) and Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR) caused by Hemileia vastatrix (Berk. ... -
Genetic Characterization of Arabusta Coffee Hybrids and their Parental Genotypes using Molecular Markers
(2015)Twenty coffee genotypes were characterized comprising of eleven F1 interspecific Arabusta hybrids, three induced tetraploid Robusta parental genotypes, four Arabica parental genotypes, one diploid Robusta accession and ... -
Coffee Sustainability in Kenya: Role Played by Improved Varieties
(2015)Coffee production in Kenya has been sinking since 1980s. The condition has been worsened by climate change phenomenon which has brought new production challenges in recent years. The biggest challenge is the changing ... -
Mechanical expression of oil from grated and preheated coconut meat Botswana Journal of agricultural sciences
(2015)Coconut oil was extracted from grated coconut using a hydraulic pressing method after the coconut gratings were preheated at heating medium air temperature in the range of 30-90oC and heating durations ranging from zero ... -
Determinants of Postpartum Care Uptake among Women (18 – 49 Years) in Kandara Sub County Muranga County – Kenya
(2015)Introduction Worldwide, half a million women die each year from pregnancy and childbirth related complications. Over 90% of these deaths occur in developing countries, including Sub-Saharan Africa (Oguntunde et al., ... -
The Effect of Credit Information Sharing on Loan Performance in Commercial Banks in Nairobi County
(2015)Information remains a crucial input in the banking industry. Banks are confronted with asymmetric information problems because of borrowers' informational opacity. Banks overcome this problem by accumulating information ...