Although PELIS was established mainly to promote forest plantation development through enhancing forest establishment and the survival of plantation trees, it has also provided other significant benefits such as making ...

Despite a long tradition of apiary farming in West Pokot, Kenya, records show that farmers in the area are yet to record an improvement in their income generation. This has been attributed to the utilization of outdated ...

The dairy goat sector is one of the fastest growing livestock enterprises in Kenya because goat milk i s becoming increasingly popular in the country. However, hardl y any published studies exist that ...

This article examines local community strategies and challenges to climate change adaptation in the semi arid areas of Dodoma region in Tanzania. The data for the article was collected using household survey, focus group ...

Onset, cessation and length of growing season statistics are generated for both long and short rainy seasons in western Kenya. Onset identification is based on a daily analysis of the soil water balance over the initial ...

The increasing use of antibiotics in livestock farming raises concerns about environmental impacts. This study examined the effects of three commonly used veterinary antibiotics – Tylosin, Enrofloxacin, and Oxytetracycline – ...

Food insecurity remains a serious challenge for many households in Africa and the situation is even more prevalent among young people. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on youth food security status in ...

Kenya relies mainly on rain-fed agriculture for crop production, which has major limitations arising from seasonal variability of rainfall, onset, cessation and growing length. In this study, the growing season characteristics ...

The importance of potato (Solanum Tuberosum L) production to the country's economic growth is quite clear, but little is known about its profitability and determinants. The current potato yields of smallholder farmers are ...

Studies investigating effects of board composition on financial performance have yielded mixed results, due largely to contextual variables and varying roles of boards in different jurisdictions. Independent members, ...