Browsing School of Agricultural and Food Sciences by Issue Date
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Evaluation of Nutrition Knowledge and Perception of good food among Nursery School Pupils in Kisumu Municipality-Kenya.
(Airiti Library, 2011)Child nutrition is one key factor that determines the outcome of human development and even influences the later quality of one’s life. Knowledge about nutrition and health is gained throughout childhood, yet there is ... -
Management of Change Occassioned by Gender Balancing at the Ministry of Education Headquarters in Kenya.
(JOOUST, 2014)This study sought to establish how top educational management, based at the Ministry of Education Headquarters, was managing gender balancing process, and to use this as a lens to consider the gendered nature of the ... -
Determinants of Household Food Security in Rural Central and Eastern Kenya.
(JOOUST, 2016)Food security is a major global concern. Household food insecurity has insidious effects on the effects on the development of young children and consequently, adults. A disconnect between poverty reduction ... -
Selected Intrapersonal Traits as Predictors of Stress Management among Principals in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2017)Secondary school principals worldwide have reported experience of stress and their reaction to srress can be categorized as behavioral, psychological or physiological. In Homa Bay County secondary school principals ... -
Parental Variables Determining Pre-schoolers' Access to Early Childhood Education in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2018)Access and engagement to early childhood education worldwide helps prepare young children to succeed in school and become better citizens. The major challenge in Kenya is that Early Childhood Education ... -
Parent-Child Attachment Types as a Determinant of Relational Aggression among Pre-Schoolers.
(JOOUST, 2019)The role played by parents towards enhancing positive relations among pre-schoolers cannot be over-looked since children who display aggressive behaviors often experience a disruption in the of attachment ... -
Lie Symmetry Analysis of Fourth Order Nonlinear Harmonic Differential Equation.
(2019)Lie group theory is a very practical and handy mathematical approach and it can be used to obtain solutions to diverse problems in applied mathematics. It's rich, very interesting and in broad sense a topic of ... -
Growth Performance and Economic Efficiency of Acheta Domesticus and Gryllus Bimaculatus Raised Under Improvised Cage System for Improved Food Production
(JOOUST, 2021)Cricket farming has attracted myriad interests because of its low environmental footprint and high nutritive value. Small-scale production of the insect is carried out in various parts of Kenya. However, limited input ... -
Selected Socio-Ecological Factors Affecting Entomophagy in Nambale Sub County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2021)Entomophagy describes the practice of eating insects by humans. Globally, there are over 3000 ethnic groups that consume insects. The objective of this study was to determine selected socio ecological factors affecting ... -
Indigenous Knowledge On the Host Preference of Wild Edible Gynanisa Maja and Plant Chemicals Influencing their Feeding for Enhancing Food Security
(JOOUST, 2022)Gynanisa maja is the wild edible caterpillar of a speckled emperor moth belonging to the order Lepidoptera and the family Saturniidae. It has nutritional and economic value hence, provide food security at household level ... -
Production of Black Soldier Fly (Hermitia Illucens) Larvae from Selected Organic Waste Feed Substrates for Enhancing Food Security
(JOOUST, 2022)The capability of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) to feed on organic wastes has a potential to offer a solution for production of alternative protein to feed livestock and management of organic wastes for improved sanitation ... -
Economics of Black Soldier Fly Production as a Farm Enterprise for Improved Household Income and Food Security
(JOOUST, 2022)Black Soldier Fly (BSF) farming is emerging as a new farm enterprise in Kenya poised to increase household income and food security of smallholder farmers. Consequently, commercialization of the enterprise requires farmers ... -
Presence of Heavy Metals in Selected Edible Termite Species in Relation to their Surroundings
(JOOUST, 2022)Consumption of edible termites has over the years remained undiminished. Termites are among the most consumed insect species in the world. Despite the significance of termites as food, currently published data on the ... -
Production of Common Housefly (Musca Domestica) Prepupae Reared on Broiler By-Products as Animal Feed
(JOOUST, 2022)The common housefly (Musca domestica) is found in all parts of the world. Its ability to live in various habitats makes some of its life cycle stages, such as larvae and pupae, to be freely available as food for foraging ... -
The Potential of Domesticating Huntsman Spider (Spariolenus Aratta) and Its Nutritional Profile as Feed for Improved Food Security
(JOOUST, 2022)Though not heavily researched, Spiders hold the possible key to new and innovative development by being a source of biological control and playing a role in food security. However, despite this potential, arachnids (spiders) ... -
Potential of Alate Termites (Macrotermes Sp.) as an Enterprise to Improve Food Security Among Households.
(JOOUST, 2022)Rising demand for high value protein is expected to double by 2050. To meet the new demand, conventional livestock may prove expensive and unsustainable, calling for research on alternative sources of protein, hence a ... -
Heavy Metal Accumulation Management in Black Soldier Fly Larvae Raised on Contaminated Waste Using Selected Biochar
(JOOUST, 2022)The capacity of Black soldier fly (BSF) larvae to feed on organic matter and yield a protein rich biomass which can naturally be consumed by animals, offers an innovative opportunity of using waste rapidly generated in ... -
Influence of Farm Inputs Subsidy on Agricultural Productivity by Small Scale Farmers in Alego Usonga Sub County, Siaya County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)To boost agricultural output and food security, the Kenyan government has given farmers agricultural subsidies since 2004. Alego Usonga does not have access to or use agricultural inputs since most farmers in the study ... -
Microbial Load Assessment of Edible Termites (Macrotermes Spp) Traded In Open Air Markets for Food Safety
(JOOUST, 2022)Edible termites and other have long been a delicacy in Zambia and the rest of Africa. Most of the consumed insects are wild harvested and traded in open air markets where they fetch a decent price. Due to their innate ... -
Influence of Farm Inputs Subsidy on Agricultural Productivity by Small Scale Farmers in Alego Usonga Sub County, Siaya County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022-02)To boost agricultural output and food security, the Kenyan government has given farmers agricultural subsidies since 2004. Alego Usonga does not have access to or use agricultural inputs since most farmers in the study ...
