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Premium Sweet Potato Pumpkin Flour
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)Food insecurity still remains a global threat due to rapid population growth in the 21st century, whereby world census is predicted to rise up to 100 billion by the year 2050. This means further efforts should be put in ... -
Conservation and Use of African Indigenous Vegetables for Food Security: Case Study of Tuuti Marakaru Ward Bungoma Western Kenya
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)Bungoma County is endowed with agro climatic conditions suitable for the cultivation of a wide range of African indigenous vegetables. The value of traditional vegetables in food security has not been given sufficient ... -
The Wildlife Resource as an Enabler in Ensuring Food Security in Kenya
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)Wildlife is Kenya’s foremost natural resource. Its values to the country are varied and include both material and non-material attributes. Whereas potential for consumptive use of the wildlife resource as a source of ... -
Swarming Inducement of Pseudocantotermesgrandicepsalates in Response to Food Security in Kenya
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)The termite alates of Pseudocanthotermes grandiceps are eaten as a substitute dietary element in Kenya. Artificial inducement of the alates was evaluated based on a traditional method that has been used for decades. The ... -
Impact of Violent Conflict on Food Security in Mt. Elgon Sub-County
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)The study is about the relationship between food security and violent conflict; it is evident that whenever there is conflict the social economic and political fields are affected. The study sought to find out the vicious ... -
Flood Frequency Analysis towards Food Security in Upper Njoro River Catchment, Kenya
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)Upper Njoro River catchment (UNRiC) falls within the Eastern Mau forest situated along the western escarpment of the Rift Valley. It serves as the head water for Njoro River which is the major river draining its water ... -
Enhancing Food and Nutrition Security through Oyster Mushroom Cultivation and Value Addition
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)Edible mushrooms are an ancient food consumed widely in Asia, Europe, Africa and America due to its beneficial effects on human health. Oyster mushrooms traditionally collected from the forests and now domesticated and ... -
Effects of Nitrogen Levels on Growth and Yield of Spider Plant in Kenya
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)The supply of spider plant (Cleome gynandra) as one of the African leafy vegetables in Kenya is low and this is attributed to poor fertilizer use and limited access by farmers to improved varieties. This study was carried ... -
Effect of Calcium Chloride Foliar Feed on Fruit Quality of Tomato (Lycospersicumesculentum)
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)Calcium content in the fruit is related to the sugar content (brix) which is the mineral/sugar ratio of the plant cell protoplasm. Fruit firmness is an important post-harvest quality in fruit production and helps decide ... -
Cowpea Sequential Leaf Harvesting for Enhanced Food and Nutritional Security
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)Inadequate food and Micro-nutrient deficienciesare a big problem in Kenya, cowpea leaves are a cheap source mineral, protein and energy. Harvesting sequence is a yield determinant factor, however, the nutritive value of ... -
An alternative Sustainable Source of Protein for Humans and Animals
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)Entomophagy, the consumption of insects, is promoted as an alternative sustainable source of protein for humans and animals. Seminal literature highlights predominantly the benefits, but with limited empirical support ... -
Distribution and Occurrence Viruses infecting Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) in Western Kenya
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) is the most widely grown pulse and a major food security crop in East Africa, including Kenya. It is the main source of protein and starch for over 300 million people in East Africa and ... -
An analysis of socioeconomic factors affecting avocado production around Lake Victoria Basin of Kenya with special emphasis on flooding and its implications
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)Climate change which is caused by global warming has become a very important aspect of agricultural production in the world. Some of the impacts of climate change are rising temperatures, droughts, flooding and intense ... -
Lifestyle ailments in prison: Application of the cell based health care model
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)In prisons across the world, HIV epidemic presents a major challenge to prison communities. Imprisonment continues to rise due to key socio-economic parameters, internal shocks such as political bickering and external ... -
Multi-agent based healthcare for the affordable and accessible health consultancy services-Kenya
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)The health sector is an enormous environment characterized by its shared, distributed decisional aspect, its management of care, requiring a communication and a complex coordination of the various medical departments, ... -
Health your greatest wealth: The role of alternative remedies
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)The lifestyles human beings embrace result in 75% of diseases especially the cancers, HIV and its opportunistic infections which cause morbidity and mortality. Poor diet, lack of exercising and rest result in chronic ... -
Healthcare challenges faced by street children on the street of Bungoma Town Bungoma County, Kenya
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)Street children globally face healthcare challenges amidst the eco for universal healthcare for all by the United Nation. In spite of the clarion call, the Kenyan government caters for children in public schools leaving ... -
Open defecation practices in Lodwar, Kenya: A mixed-methods research
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)As of the year 2014, about 2.5 billion people globally lacked access to improved sanitation. The situation is even worse in the sub-Saharan African countries including Kenya. The practice of open defecation (OD) peaks ... -
Need for clinical pastoral care in the face of chronic ailments, universal health care perspective
(KIBU, 2019-06-13)When patients are confronted with chronic diseases, spirituality comes in to play an important role as a coping strategy. There are moments when Patients share that some spiritual and existential needs have not been met. ... -
Implementation of bit torrent peer to peer systems for sharing resources for continuous medical education (CME): Case for the Mhealth4afrika project in Bungoma County
(KIBU, 2019-06-12)The Ministry of Health in Bungoma County in collaboration with the mHealth4Afrika project has been implementing a mobile/web based patient centric primary health care support platform at 23 different facilities across the ...