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Role of Circumcision Rites and their Impact on Schooling of Public Primary School Pupils in Bungoma County, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Knowledge, 2018-11)
Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to enabling majority of its citizens access education by introducing free
and compulsory primary education (FPE) and subsidized secondary education (free day secondary education -
FDSE) ...
Assessment of Genetic Variability Estimates of selected Traits in Irish Potato Mutants
(Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology, 2018)
For an effective potato breeding strategy, knowledge of the genetic parameters of traits, such as heritabilities and genetic correlations are essential, hence the need to assess the genetic variability estimates of ...
Moderating Role of Social Factors on the Effect of Integrated Marketing Communication on Performance of Fast Food Restaurants in Nairobi Central Business District, Kenya
(International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research, 2018)
Universally Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) plays a pivotal role in providing adequate intrinsic information which impacts on overall performance of fast food restaurants. In this regard the study ...
Current Livestock Production Challenges and Opportunities in Transmara SubCounty: Diagnostic Survey Report
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2018)
The purose of this study was to assess feed resources available for Sahiwal and its
Crossbred weaner calves in Trans Mara sub County of Narok County. A survey was carried
out in three randomly selected Wards; Lolgorian, ...
EFFECT OF SPACING ON QUALITY AND YIELD OF JUTE MALLOW (Corchorusolitorius) PHENOTYPES IN KENYA
(African Journal of Horticultural Sciences, 2018)
Localvegetables are important crops grown in many parts of African countries including Kenya. They are at times given various names depending on their where about grown, for example, Corchorusolitoriusis also ...
Peri-urban Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Transmission Dynamics with Regard to Associated Risk Factors in Mt. Elgon Focus, Kenya
(2018)
The cutaneous leishmaniasis infection status caused by Leishmania aethiopica and the vector sand flies distribution in relation to risk factors were investigated in the sites of Bungoma and Trans-Nzoia counties of Mt. Elgon ...
Morphological Characterization of Selected Sesame (Sesamum IndicumL.) Genotypes in Western Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2018)
Sesame is one of the most important oilseed crops in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Despite its importance, sesame yields in Kenya are very low due to lack of improved and high yielding ...
Optimization of nutrient media for sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) vine multiplication in sandponics: Unlocking the adoption and utilization of improved varieties
(Gates Open Research, 2018)
Sweetpotato, being a vegetatively propagated crop is prone
to seed degeneration, and a continuous source for high quality sweetpotato
seed is critical for an efficient seed system. In most Sub-Saharan African
countr ...
Effect of soil amendments on availability of soil phosphorus and uptake by maize in Vihiga County, western Kenya
(African Journal of Rural Development, 2018)
The combined use of organic inputs and fertilizers as promoted via Integrated Soil
Fertility Management (ISFM) approach may have a significant effect on bioavailability
of phosphorus (P) and enhance its uptake by crops. ...
Phytochemical and Antiepileptic Activity of the Ethanol Leaf Extracts of Culcasia falcifolia in Pentylenetetrazole Induced Seizure in Mice
(Annual Research & Review in Biology, 2018)
Aim: To investigate the phytochemicals and the anticonvulsant activity of the ethanol leaf extract of
Culcasia falcifolia used in the traditional medical treatment of epilepsy.
Methodology: The phytochemical screening ...