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Small scale production of cricket and black soldier fly for sustainable food and feed
(JOOUST, 2015-06-24)
It is estimated that by the year 2050, the world population will reach 9 billion. With the current global food insecurity, there is likelihood that the situation may worsen. The poster presentation illustrates the simple ...
Challenges faced by the school administration while carrying out various welfare practices on secondary school teachers in Bondo sub-county, Kenya
(Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015)
The study sought to determine the teaching staff welfare practices and their effect on work performance of secondary schools teachers in Bondo Sub-County. The study was necessitated by discrepancy in work performance out ...
Influence of adolescence progression factors, interpersonal nature and gender on adjustment to loss and grief among orphaned secondary school students in Kenya.
(School of Education, 2016-05)
Orphan hood due to loss of parents disposes adolescents to adjustment to loss and grief crises as they trudge through progression factors. Since adolescence primarily is a time of internal turmoil, any additional turbulence ...
Influence of performance contracting on performance in public institutions: a case of Kisii University, Kisii County, Kenya
(School of Business and Economics, 2016)
Influence of performance contracting on performance in public institutions: a case of Kisii University, Kisii County, Kenya
Performance contracting is a management control system based on contractual agreement. Service ...
Influence of headteachers’ selected instructional supervisory practices on provision of quality education in Secondary schools in Kenya
(2016-05)
Kenya has since independence desired to provide quality education to learners making effort to implement measures to improve quality of education in schools. Despite this effort the secondary sub-sector continues to face ...
Genetic and symbiotic characterization of root nodule symbionts of Bambara groundnuts (vigna subterranea l. verdc) and soybeans (glycine max l. merr) from selected sites in lake Victoria basin, western Kenya.
(JOOUST, 2015-06-24)
Low soil nitrogen (N) is the most limiting soil factor for sustainable high crop yields in smallholder farming systems in East Africa. Inorganic fertilizers are rarely used due to high costs and inaccessibility. Judicious ...
Effects of day-length and temperature on floral structure and fertility restoration in a season-dependent male-sterile Solanum villosum Mill. mutant
(Springer Verlag, 2007)
Solanum villosum is an important African leafy vegetable whose yield is limited mainly by competition from early and excess fruit-set. Induced male-sterility is a potential tool to reduce this competition and enhance yields. ...
Beyond research and teaching: the role of higher public educational institutions in management of forests in the era of climate change
(JOOUST, 2015-06-24)
Climate change is one of the most important long-term environmental issues of out time and requires both mitigation and adaptation. Interventions in forest establishment and management are some of the proven mechanisms for ...
Characterization, genetic improvement and multiplication of mobyydick (gomphocapus spp
(Innovation, 2015)
The Innovation aim at developing high quality mobydick seeds as the main product to disseminate to farmers for improved lines that would revitalize Gomphocarpus production in Kenya and thus increase productivity.
Towards a stylistic model for analysing Anglophone African literatures: preliminary epistemological considerations and a case study
(Rodopi, 2012)
Debates around the question of language in African literatures have been ubiquitous since the 1960s, yet only a relatively small number of studies have undertaken stylistic analyses of African works. At this stage, there ...