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Acheta domesticus (Cricket) Feed Resources Among Smallholder Farmers in Lake Victoria Region of Kenya
(Wiley Periodicals, 2019-12-09)
The quality of domesticated crickets depends on the choice of feed substrate that has a direct impact on the economic viability of the farming operation. This study assessed the popular local cricket feeds in the Lake ...
Production, Nutrient Composition, and Bioactive Components of Crickets (Gryllidae) for Human Nutrition
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020-01-11)
The use of insects as alternative protein food is gaining popularity, as insects are able to convert the ingested organic matter from plants into high-quality animal protein. There are several farming activities that have ...
Technical Efficiency of Cricket (A.domesticus and G. bimaculatus)Production: A Cobb-Douglas Stochastic Frontier Approach
(Premierpublishers, 2018-11)
Technical efficiency measures the effectiveness of an enterprise given the available resources at disposal and how well it transforms these resources to get maximum output. This study therefore investigated the technical ...
Microbial quality of edible grasshoppers Ruspolia differens (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): From wild harvesting to fork in the Kagera Region, Tanzania
(Wiley, 2018-09-17)
In Tanzania, edible Ruspolia differens are still harvested from the natural environments. In this
perspective, little is known about the microbiological quality of wild harvested R. differens. This
study was conducted ...
Innovation Platform for Improving Rice Marketing Decisions Among Smallholder Farmers in Homa-Bay County, Kenya
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2020-10-15)
Smallholder farmers are normally faced with making a decision on market participation and consequently choosing the appropriate marketing channel for their agricultural produce. This study focuses on how a multi-stakeholder ...
GUTI-Based Multi-Factor Authentication Protocol for De-synchronization Attack Prevention in LTE Handovers
(International Journal of Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics (IJCSDF), 2020)
The motivations behind the long term evolution(LTE)networks are low latency, high bandwidths and high data rates. The low latency requirement is tricky and cumbersome to achieve during handovers given that the communication ...
Examining the Contribution of Community Participation in Water Resource Production and Management: Perspectives from Developing Countries
(Springer Nature, 2021-02-01)
As a result of climate change and rapid urbanization, attention increasingly turns to the management of water resources. Proper management of water resources has become a core concern for development practitioners and ...
Examining the effect of Community Participation on Beneficiary Satisfaction with the work of Water Management Committee in Urban Community-Based Operated Water Schemes
(Springer Nature, 2020-05-28)
Community participation (CP) has become popular in development discourse and practice, particularly in relation to water resource management. Greater involvement of beneficiaries in decision-making and implementation of ...
Socio Economic Characteristics of Cricket Farmers in Lake Victoria Region of Kenya
(International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2021-04-02)
Crickets require fewer inputs like water and feed but provide higher output per cubic unit of agricultural land compared to other livestock. They also contain important macro and micronutrients and therefore have potential ...
Growth Performance of Acheta Domesticus And Gryllus Bimaculatus Production Reared Under Improvised Cage System for Increased Returns And Food Security
(Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2021-04-13)
Cricket farming is emerging as a new venture in Kenya poised to help alleviate protein deficiency and improve household living standards. However, competing, limited and unaffordable rearing systems constrain productivity ...