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Upscaling Tourism Product Development for Enhancing Local Livelihoods at Dunga and Miyandhe Beach Destinations in Kisumu City, Kenya: A Co-Production Approach
(American Journal of Tourism Management, 2020-09-15)
Ecotourism is emerging as an alternative development path that can enhance environmental conservation, promote participation and collaboration of various stakeholders towards achieving sustainable livelihoods along the ...
Spatial Equity in Devolved Healthcare: Is It Quality or Quantity Causing Spatial Clustering in Maternal Health Utilization when Affordability has been Addressed?
(American Journal of Geographic Information System, 2018)
Devolved healthcare in Kenya, from onset, apparently concentrated on increasing, expanding, upgrading and refurbishment of health facilities as well as improving staff base among other interventions in a bid to decentralize ...
Evaluation of Optimal Light Wavelength for the Attraction of Spodoptera Exigua as a Model Insect for Mass Trapping and Control of Spodoptera Frugiperda
(International Journal of Entomological Research, 2020-05-10)
Visual cues have been explored in the past for the management of pests of agronomic importance, including Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) and Spodoptera exigua (Hübner). They are used to monitor, attract and kill, or ...
The African Indigenous Vegetables Value Chain Governance in Kenya
(Studies in Agricultural Economics, 2019-03-05)
Increasingly, food security interventions in developing economies are adapting value chain approaches to facilitate the integration of smallholders into high margin value chains. In Kenya, the resurgence of African Indigenous ...
From a Waste Cemetery to a Waste Hospital: Recreating Kisumu City’s Waste Management System
(Science and Education Publishing, 2020-12-21)
With the new constitutional dispensation in Kenya, counties, cities and towns are creating and recreating their solid waste management systems. Taking Kisumu as a case, this study assesses the existing solid waste management ...
Urban Dynamics of Food Loss and Waste: Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Food Security in Kisumu, Kenya
(Science and Education Publishing, 2020-12-08)
The 21st Century has witnessed a rapid growth in global population characterized by an increasing proportion of urban dwellers. While feeding this growing urban population is a challenge, estimates indicate that one-third ...
Factors Affecting Adoption of Value Addition Practices among Smallholder Irish Potato Farmers in Bomet County, Kenya
(International Journal of Agricultural Marketing, 2020-12-09)
In Kenya, value addition in Irish potatoes provides farmers with substantial income. However, the adoption of value addition practices is still low among farmers. Currently, there is a dearth of information on the factors ...
The Specific Role of Human Resource Management in Corporate Governance and Organizational Performance
(Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management, 2016)
Human resource management and corporate governance and side by side to determine organizational performance. Corporate governance is the exercise of power and control or influence over a legal entity. The Concept of corporate ...
Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Smallholder Farmer Household Food Security in Bomet County, Kenya
(International Journal of Recent Research in Interdisciplinary Sciences (IJRRIS), 2018-12)
Majority of farmers live in rural areas and contribute immensely to economy and wealth creation among the rural population, however they are faced with myriad of problems
Including food insecurity. Even though they ...
A Comparative Analysis of Rural Household Food Security in the High Rainfall Zone of Murang’a, Semi– Arid Lands of Kitui and Arid Lands of Isiolo in Kenya
(International Journal of Current Research, 2016-04-26)
Food security is a major global concern. It has insidious effects on the health and development of young children and consequently, adults. The paper assesses the food security status and its key determinants for the rural ...