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The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Fisheries Management Systems in Kenya: The Case of Lake Victoria
(2014)
Fisheries management costs are widely becoming issues used to choose among policy objectives. We provide simple calculations by drawing on the experience from Lake Victoria fisheries. The study applied cost- benefit analysis ...
Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems and Their Compliance among Petrol Stations in Kenya: A Case Study in Nakuru County
(2019-08-22)
Companies have a legal and social responsibility to ensure the safety of its workers, all persons lawfully present at the workplace and the surrounding community. This requires laid down procedures and routing process which ...
Effects of Climate Variability on Foraging Behaviour of Bees: A Case Study of Marigat and Ratat locations in Baringo County, Kenya
(2018)
Beekeeping is among the livelihood diversification strategies likely affected by climate
variability. The variation in temperature and rainfall influence forage phenology
impacting on honey production in arid and semi-arid ...
Modelling Climate-based changes of sugarcane growing areas in Western Kenya
(2016)
Sugar cane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) is an important cash crop for Kenya’s sugar industry contributing
significantly to the country’s economy through farming and employment. Its production in Kenya is both
irrigation and ...
Integrating MFT-qPCR techniques in constructed wetlandfaecal bacterial purification monitoring; a case of a typicaltropical hybrid constructed wetland system
(Iwa Publishing, 2018)
The sanitation control of pathogens in the tropical effluents needs much more attention to ensureecosystem health integrity and the safety of human health. The common use of chemicals inachieving this in wastewater treatment ...
Occupational Safety and Health Hazards in the Informal Non-food Manufacturing Sector in Kampala City, Uganda
(Asian Journal of Medicine and Health, 2019)
The informal non-food manufacturing sector is an engine of growth and development in both developed and developing countries. This particular sector is unregulated and unregistered in official government statistics. It is ...
Drivers of Forest Cover Change and Indicators of Climate Change in Katimok Forest Reserve
(2016)
The conversion of forests into other land
uses as well as unsustainable utilization of forest
resources leads to a reduction in the area, quality
and quantity of the forest cover and ecosystem
services. Changes in ...
Forest cover change and ecosystem services of Katimok forest reserve, Baringo County, Kenya
(Springer, 2019)
Forests provide vital ecosystem services to communities living around them,
contributing immensely to their livelihoods. Yet, these forests undergo land use
changes that threaten the abundance and availability of ecosystem ...
Rainfall Variability Effects on Pastoral Pasture Availability in Turkana Central Sub-County, Kenya
(Science Domain, 2016)
This study was conducted to analyse rainfall variability and assess its effects on pasture
availability, over the period 1983 to 2014.
Study Design: The study employed causal research design, in order to highlight the ...
Assessment of the Extent of Land Degradation in the River Loboi Watershed of Baringo County, Kenya
(2015)
Increased human population pressure and climate change constitute the global underlying root causes of accelerated and
devastating land degradation processes in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). River Loboi watershed, ...