Agriculture in over 84% of world farmlands is rainfed but yields just over half of the crops produced. In East Africa 60% of the landmass is arid and semi-arid land (ASAL), where rainfall is inadequate for arable agriculture. ...
King’ondu, Cecil K.; Garces, H. F.; Roller, J.; Maric, R.; Suib, S. L.(2012)
Nano-cluster formation of Platinum (Pt) on a modified K-OMS-2 manganese oxide inorganic paper by reactive spray deposition technology (RSDT) is presented. RSDT was employed to produce a film on the inorganic K-OMS-2 paper ...
Mwangi, Moses; Marinus, Mattheus E. M. R.(African Studies Centre, 2009)
Water is a basic need and an important catalyst for accelerating socio-economic development in semi-arid areas. In southern Kenya people left poverty behind because of developing water sources in a semi-arid setting. ...
Several schools of thought across scientific disciplines have dealt with the phenomenon of conflicts over natural resources. This has enriched the debate but like-wise has also blurred the discussion especially as a result ...
This study sought to find out the psychological effects of traumatic experiences resulting from the post election violence among primary school children in Kenya. The population included all the standard seven pupils in ...
This thesis describes the results of a study to assess the effect of ethnobotanical products on the behaviour of the brown ear tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, the main vector of East Coast fever in sub-Saharan Africa. ...