Small and medium enterises plays major role in the growth of the national economy through employment creation and poverty alleviation. Most of them perform poorly and about half of them are closed within the first year ...

straint affecting crop production in Western Kenya. The objectives of this study were (i) to determine the effect of customized fertilizer and lime on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) growth and yield and (ii) to determine ...

ABSTRACT Food and nutrition insecurity is a big challenge for people living in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of Kenya. They rely mostly on food aid and cereals, which are poor in key nutrients supply, especially ...

The discharge of industrial effluents, raw sewage wastes, increased use of fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture have resulted in increased release of pollutants into the natural environment. These pollutants tend to ...

Cassava is an important food crop, an economical raw material for animal feed and has various industrial uses but still remains underutilized. The underutilization arises from its limitations such as; short life upon ...

Young people form a large number of the population worldwide. A large part of this population group lives in both developed and developing countries. They are involved in a higher risk of risky sexual behaviours. These ...

Biogas is a renewable energy that has many applications including cooking, lighting households among others. It is produced through the breakdown of organic matter in an air tight compartment through a biochemical process ...

The role of agricultural extension as a mechanism of transmitting technical information to trigger change among farming communities is central in imparting the farming skills in the wider society. Due to the rate of growth ...

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is a drought tolerant crop with potential for industrial uses. Despite increase in demand for sorghum for industrial use, the local supply is low with weed management being one of the ...

Uterotonic plants have been used to augment labour, induce labour and for abortifacient purposes since ancient times. However, current conventional therapies used as terotonic agents in rural areas of developing countries ...