• Decomposition of the Coffee Value Chain Among Smallholder Farmers in Embu and Kirinyaga Counties in Central Kenya 

  Musau Wambua, Daniel; Ndirangu, Samuel N.; Mogaka, Hezron; Gichimu, Bernard M. (UoEm, 2024-10-24)

  The coffee value chain is lengthy and complex with numerous actors and this exposes the farmers to inherent financial risks. This study sought to decompose the coffee value chain and its dynamics. The study was undertaken ...
• Syntactic Structures used in the Discursive Construction of Covid-19 Pandemic in Kenya’s Newspaper Headlines 

  Mulonzi, Brian Munyao; Ngumo, Cyrus Mugambi; Omoke, Lillian Kemunto (UoEm, 2024-10-16)

  Media scholars have noted that texts are loaded with ideologies and are therefore never neutral. Yet, the way media texts were used to communicate COVID-19 information in Kenya has been given little attention. Thus, this ...
• Geographic Distribution of Rabies Virus and Genomic Sequence Alignment of Wild and Vaccine Strains, Kenya 

  Wambugu, Evalyne N.; Kimita, Gathii; Kituyi, Sarah N.; Washington, Michael A.; Masakhwe, Clement; Mutunga, Lucy M.; Jaswant, Gurdeep; Thumbi, S.M.; Schaefer, Brian C.; Waitumbi, John N. (UoEm, 2024-08-08)

  Rabies, a viral disease that causes lethal encephalitis, kills ≈59,000 persons worldwide annually, despite availability of effective countermeasures. Rabies is endemic in Kenya and is mainly transmitted to humans through ...
• Modeling integrated soil fertility management for maize production in Kenya using a Bayesian calibration of the DayCent model. 

  Laub, Moritz; Wanjiku Mucheru-Muna, Monicah; Necpalova, Magdalena; Broek, Marijn Van de; Corbeels, Marc; Mathu Ndungu, Samuel; Mugendi, Daniel; Yegon, Rebecca; Waswa, Wycliffe; Vanlauwe, Bernard; Six, Johan (UoEm, 2024-07-04)

  Sustainable intensification schemes such as integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) are a proposed strategy to close yield gaps, increase soil fertility, and achieve food security in sub-Saharan Africa. Biogeochemical ...
• QTL mapping for pod quality and yield traits in snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) 

  Njau, Serah Nyawira; Gepts, Paul; Parker, Travis A.; Duitama, Jorge; Arunga, Edith Esther (UoEm, 2024-08-12)

  Pod quality and yield traits in snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) influence consumer preferences, crop adoption by farmers, and the ability of the product to be commercially competitive locally and globally. The objective ...
• A Diallel Cross-Based Analysis of the Genetic Basis of Pod Quality and Pod Yield in Snap Bean 

  Njau, Serah N.; Arunga, Esther; Otsyula, R (UoEm, 2024-07-27)

  Snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is among the leading vegetables in Kenya that is mainly grown for export with the potential to increase household income. There are few programs in Kenya that focus on breeding new ...
• Themes Used to Discursively Construct the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya’s Newspaper Headlines 

  Mulonzi, Brian Munyao; Ngumo, Cyrus Mugambi; Omoke, Lillian Kemunto (UoEm, 2024-09)

  This study investigates the themes that discursively construct the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya’s newspaper headlines, specifically focusing on their role in structuring communication related to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
• BEYOND THE STETHOSCOPE: NAVIGATING KENYA’S HEALHCARE CRISIS 

  Omondi, Alamyn (UoEm, 2024-07-10)

  Our healthcare system grapples with profound inequities and systemic failures. This might be news to those exposed to high quality medical care, but to others, this crumbling system might be the last straw to clutch on. ...
• HEALTH CARE ACCESS & EQUITY: ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN KENYA 

  Tabitha, Precious (UoEm, 2024-07-10)

  Health involves thriving into various aspects of life and encompasses more than just avoiding to get sick. It includes various factors such as the mental, physical and social well-being of an individual. It is not just ...
• HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND EQUITY: ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN KENYA 

  Ndingi, Kennedy (UoEm, 2024-07-10)

  This paper embarks on exploring the inequity in access to healthcare in Kenya. This is despite the efforts by the government to ensure that all citizens have equal access to health. This paper suggests that the tremendous ...
• HEALTHCARE ACCESS & EQUITY: ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN KENYA 

  Njuguna, Solomon Gathere (UoEm, 2024-07-10)

  Kenya faces a challenge in ensuring everyone has access to the healthcare they need. Despite government’s efforts, disparities persist. Despite having a majority of Kenyans residing in the rural areas, it is those in ...
• BRIDGING THE HEALTH DIVIDE: ACHIEVING EQUITY AND ACCESS IN KENYA'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 

  KOECH, GIDEON KIPCHEU (UoEm, 2024-07-10)

  This paper provides a detailed analysis of healthcare access and equity in Kenya by providing historical context, current status, and critical disparities experienced in health services. It looks at the urban-rural divide, ...
• Inoculum sources and management of bean scab caused by Elsinoë phaseoli 

  Masheti, Yona; Muthomi, James W.; Muiru, William M; Arunga, Esther E.; Gepts, Paul (UoEm, 2024-06-24)

  Bean scab caused by Elsinoë phaseoli is a major challenge to common bean cultivationin Kenya. However, knowledge about its epidemiology and management is limited.This study conducted three experiments in Kakamega, Kenya, ...
• Efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae against the Greater Pumpkin Fly Dacus bivitattus 

  Dubois, Thomas; Onsongo, Susan K.; Omuse, Evanson R.; Odhiambo, Joseph A.; Akutse, Komivi S.; Mohamed, Samira A. (UoEm, 2023-07-01)

  The greater pumpkin fly Dacus bivittatus (Bigot) is a fruit fly indigenous to Africa, which causes extensive damage to Cucurbitaceae. To control this pest, farmers rely on synthetic chemicals, often organophosphates, which ...
• A Guide for Soil Health and Fertility for Maize production in Kenya 

  Nyaga, Patrick; Yegon, Rebecca; Laub, Moritz; Six, Johan (UoEm, 2023)

  The health of your soil is a fundamental aspect of successful farming. However, many arable soils in Kenya have degraded and lost fertility over recent decades1. This is expected because many soils were recently transformed ...
• Parental Involvement Influence on Education Participation for Learners with Hearing Impairments in Special Public Primary Schools in Meru and Isiolo Counties- Kenya 

  Nthuku, Purity Karegi; Kibaara, Tarsilla; M’Ngaruthi, Timothy Kinoti (UoEm, 2024-05)

  Globally need for education, as a measure of one's ability to function fully in today's society, is an important motivator for efforts to achieve the highest level of education in the world. The persistent under achievement ...
• Identification of Elsinoë phaseoli causing bean scab in Kenya and evaluation of sporulation using five adapted techniques 

  Masheti, Y. O.; Muthom, J. W.; Muiru, W. M.; Arunga, E. E.; Gepts, P. (UoEm, 2024-06-07)

  This research addresses the presence of Elsinoë phaseoli in Kenya, where information on the biology of this pathogen remains scarce. Employing a multifaceted approach, the study demonstrates the steps taken to isolate, ...
• Modelling and Simulation of Competition for Students’ Population with Holling Type II Response 

  Odhiambo, Brian; Ngari, Cyrus; Kimani, Patrick; Njori, Peter (UoEm, 2023)

  Te increase in the country’s population attracted the establishment of more schools, both public and private schools, to cater for the increasing number of students. However, there have been dynamics of students’ population ...
• Transitivity Action of An on (n=4,5,6,7) on Unordered and Ordered Quadrupples 

  kimani, Gachago j; N, Kinyanjui J.; j, Rimberia; kimani, Patrick; muchemi, Jacob kiboi (UoEm, 2015)

  In this paper, we study some transitivity action properties of the alternating group An(n=4,5,6,7 ,) acting on unordered and ordered pairs from the set X = {1,2,...,n} through determination of the number of disjoint equivalence ...
• Rank and Subdegrees of P GL(2, q) Acting Cosets of P GL(2, e) for q an Even Power of e 

  Kimani, Patrick; Kamuti, Ireri; Rimberia, Jane (UoEm, 2019)

  The action of projective general group on the cosets of its maximal subgroups has been studied. For instance, [9] studied the action of G on the cosets of P GL(2, e) when q is an odd prime power of e. In this paper, we ...

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