Buliba, Aswani Francis Okechi(Egerton University, 2001-07)
Languages have restricted sound sequences and sound combination. Each language tends to arrange its sounds in its own fixed way. To this effect within phonological system of languages, certain sound combinations and sound ...
Knowledge of physics is both useful and relevant today in the Industrial and Information Technology age. Through understanding of physics we can fully appreciate our world and more effectively use our discoveries and ...
Changeiywo, Johnson M.(Egerton University, 2000-08)
The students' shortfall in science education in developing countries has persisted to date. The performance in science subjects is still poor compared to other subjects in Kenya irrespective of various curricula changes ...
This study sought to examine sources of information and socio-cultural issues influencing farmers’ adoption of organic farming (OF) and agro —forestry (AF) in the Mau East Catchment area. The study was motivated by the ...
Tea (Camellia sinen_s'is) product diversification is at the moment in its infancy stages in Kenya because focus is on aerated black tea. Prices of this product are constantly fluctuating hence the need for product ...
Tropical basidiomycetes comprise a vast and yet largely untapped source of useful new pharmaceutical products. Compounds isolated from basidiomycetes’ fruiting bodies, exhibit promising activity against tumours in virro ...
Mathematics is a subject in school curriculum that has a specialized language with a set of words and symbols that have unique meanings. Achievement in the subject over the years has been poor. Research on mathematical ...
The relationship between students‘ background factors, mathematics self-concept, their perceptions of evaluation in mathematics, mathematics classroom environmental factors and teachers‘ quality on one hand and students’ ...
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of staple foods for food security program and income generation in Rwanda. However, potato yield in Rwanda is still below the potential yield. Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia ...
The study sought to systematically investigate and document the effect of project-based learning on student performance in secondary school agriculture in Kenya. In addition, the effects of interaction of the learning ...
The impact of colonial capitalism on Kenyan precapitalist societies and the transformation of their social, economic and political structures is a polemic that has engaged scholars of political economy since the end of ...
This research examined the effect of business policy on organizational performance in Kenya lts purpose was to attempt to establish the extent to which consumer cooperatives in Kenya are affected by business policy or ...
The major constraint to goat rearing in ASALs during the dry period is the unavailability of nutrients, especially protein, leading to poor productivity. This could be overcome by using locally available indigenous browse ...
Ritual discourse in Bukusu community plays an important role in the construction of hegemonic masculinity. The discoursal patterns perpetuate the social structures and masculine ideologies that subordinate the status of ...
Wheat production in Njoro Sub - County, Nakuru, Kenya is constrained by many
problems including low soil moisture and nitrogen (N) levels resulting in low wheat yields. Thus,
the experiments to determine the effects ...
Agricultural extension is a critical agent for transfomiing subsistence farming to modernized and commercial agriculture through the dissemination of agricultural information to farmers. Despite this, extension services ...
Indigenous chicken (IC) are found wherever there are human settlements in Rwanda. Their preference to exotic chicken breeds by farmers could be attributed to their small production cost. scavenging ability, and adaptability ...
Poor husbandry, low use of improved inputs and limited access to technical advice are likely to be related to a farmer's education. Forty-six percent of Teso fanners are literate, but the literacy rate of men (66%) is ...
Food security and post-harvest handling are greatly undermined by insect pests which cause about 20% post-harvest losses of food grains in subsistence agriculture. Despite the enormous potential for pest control. the ...
Porcine cysticercosis (PC) infection is a zoonotic disease of public health concern globally, caused by Taenia solium larvae. The prevalence of PC infection is highest where domestic pigs scavenge for food in poor sanitary ...