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Analysis of the determinants of farmer participation in sorghum farming among small-scale farmers in Siaya County, Kenya
(Elsevier Ltd., 2020-09-16)
Sorghum as a drought tolerant crop provides an alternative opportunity towards increasing
food production in the face of global climate change, mostly affecting Sub-Saharan Africa.
Kenya is in the fore front in increasing ...
Effect of Loan Repayment on Financial Performance of Deposit Taking SACCOs in Mount Kenya Region
(International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, 2015-03)
This study sought to explore the effect of Loan Repayment on financial performance of deposit taking SACCOs in
Mount Kenya Region. The target population was all the thirty licensed deposit taking SACCOs in Mount Kenya ...
A Centrosymmetric Array Comprising a Horizontal Uniform Circular Subarray and a Vertical Uniform Linear Subarray—Its Design in Reference to Its Direction-Finding Cramér–Rao Bound.
(IEEE, 2021-06)
Azimuthal centrosymmetry in an array grid is typically associated with arrays that are circular, concentric, cylindrical, spherical, or hemispherical. However, a recently proposed alternative combines an azimuthal circular ...
Factors Influencing Adoption of Improved Cultivars of Macadamia (Macadamia spp.) among Small-Scale Farmers in Embu County, Kenya
(Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2021-10)
The study investigated the factors influencing adoption of improved cultivars
of macadamia (Macadamia spp.) among small-scale farmers in Embu
County, Kenya. Data was collected from a sample of 384 small-scale farmers
obtained ...
Extension-Market Linkages on Banana Commercialisation Among Smallholder Farmers in Meru Region, Kenya
(Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2022-01)
The study examined the effect of extension-market linkages on banana commercialisation among smallholder farmers in the Meru region, Kenya. The study sampled 400 farmers from a target population of 288,802 from the Meru ...
Hybrid Cramer-Rao bound for near-field source localization using a spatially spread acoustic vector sensor
(Acoustical Society of America, 2019-03)
This presentation characterizes the source-localization precision obtainable via "received signal strength indication" (RSSI) based on data from a tri-axial velocity sensor and a spatially separated pressure sensor. That ...
Modeling the effects of insecticides resistance on malaria vector control in endemic regions of Kenya
(Elsevier Ltd., 2018-12)
We present a model to investigate the effects of vector resistance to control strategies. The model captures the development of resistance as well as loss of resistance in mosquitoes and how these affect the progress in ...
Sero-epidemiological survey of Coxiella burnetii in livestock and humans in Tana River and Garissa counties in Kenya
(Plos, 2022-03)
Background
Coxiella burnetii is a widely distributed pathogen, but data on its epidemiology in livestock,
and human populations remain scanty, especially in developing countries such as Kenya.
We used the One Health ...
Effects of Variety, Spacing and Nitrogen Application on Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Growth and Yield in Embu County, Kenya
(2022-02)
Chickpea is a pulse crop that is rich in proteins and helps in fulfilling the requirement of protein for
vegetarian people thus yield maximization needed. This study aimed to determine the effects of spacing,
nitrogen ...
March 2019 dengue fever outbreak at the Kenyan south coast involving dengue virus serotype 3, genotypes III and V
(Plos, 2022-03)
The first description of a disease resembling dengue fever (DF) was in the 15
century
slave trade era by Spanish sailors visiting the Tanzania coast. The disease, then associated
with evil spirits is now known to be ...