Developing countries, Kenya included are mostly affected by food shortage and poverty as a result of high dependence on agriculture constrained by climate variability, declining land sizes and low agricultural technologies. ...

This paper reports a study that investigated secondary school biology teachers’ perceptions of classroom practices that inculcate scientific creativity among their learners. A sample of 205 teachers was selected from a ...

Although the Coastal region of Kenya is awash with abundance of moisture bearing South Easterly monsoons, (and therefore tropical rainfall) from the adjacent vast Indian Ocean, heat stress, high velocity wind regimes are ...

Abstract Although it is theoretically expected that fiscal decentralization leads to efficient provision of local public services and induces economic growth, there is a mixed outcome of the non-devolved and devolved ...

Background:Awareness to renewable energy technologies (RET) can have multiple positive effects as it can be a precursor to greater RET adoption levels as well as promotion of the same. The aim of this study was to assess ...

Pyricularia grisea characterization is a prerequisite for species differentiation and understanding of the pathosystem, evolution and diversity of species. The aim of this study is to determine the morphological variation, ...

Lack of awareness and information on the traits of orphan crops such as finger millet is a major constraint to finger millet production. Farmer participatory and varietal selection (FVPS) is an efficient method of achieving ...

The use of dried goat rumen content (DGRC) as a partial replacement for fish meal in layer diets was investigated. A total of 90 H&N Brown Nick layer chickens were o ered diets in which DGRC were incorporated at 0, 5 and ...

. Many researchers encounter the missing data problem. The phenomenon may be occasioned by data omission, nonresponse, death of respondents, recording errors, among others. It is important to find an appropriate data ...

This paper examines the demographic characteristics and related variables on family/work conflict among the Police Officers in Nakuru County, Kenya. The participants were from eight (8) Police Division and a simple random ...