- In Morocco 40% of the population are overweight and in Kenya 12%. - Somalia has the 12th highest number of cardiovascular disease deaths in the world, 601 per 100,000 population. Sudan and Egypt are ranked 16th and 18th respectively. - Type II diabetes is becoming increasingly prevalent ...
literature that shows how people tend to move away from natural resource-dependent occupations as they become wealthier10,22,23,24,25. One potential interpretation of our findings is that alternative livelihood programs (e.g. jobs outside the fisheries or agricultural sectors, such as the service...
In Kenya, the price of maize had tripled. Food hoarding had been reportedly aggravating shortages, even when rain had been plentiful. Parts of Kenya had a bumper harvest, leaving non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to wonder why the government’s strategic grain reserves were so low. An ...
Chapter 7 Fourth Revision — 1 Dec 2001 Page 1 Benefits of Urban Agriculture Table 7.1 Impact of urban agriculture on health, nutrition, and well-being Country Impact Africa Kenya Twenty-five percent of the country's urban population depends on self- produced food for nutritional survival. ...
A study on the awareness and use of m-banking (mobile banking) shows that most smallholder farmers in Kenya use the technology to access finance for agriculture-related activities [34]. Kirui [34], concluded that m-banking enables smallholder farmers to access investment capital for purchasing ...
Soil health is a term used to describe the general state or quality of soil, and in an agroecosystem, soil health can be defined as the ability of the soil to respond to agricultural practices in a way that sustainably supports both agricultural producti
and related projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania implemented by public institutions, local and international research organisations, Non-Govermental Orginsations(NGOs), and community-based organisations. Generally, scaling follows a linear pathway comprising technology testing and scaling. Mos...
Risk management among agricultural households and the role of off-farm investments in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. Ph.D. Thesis, Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya, 2011. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Jaffee, S.; Siegel, P.; Andrews, C. Rapid agricultural supply chain risk assessment: A ...
The Effect of Irrigation Management on Crop Water Requirement and Crop Water Productivity of Tomato and Sweet Corn in Kibwezi, Kenya. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009. [Google Scholar] Nasir, J.; Ashfaq, M.; Baig, I.A.; Punthakey, J.F.; Culas, R.; Ali,...