Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Effect of liquidity management on liquidity of savings and credit co-operative societies in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(2017-05)Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOs) are quasi financial institutions that mobilize savings, provide loans as well as other products to their members. Liquidity is considered as one of the serious concern and ... -
Private capital inflows and economic growth in Kenya
(2014-04)Most studies on private capital inflows and economic growth are cross-country and give more weight to foreign direct investment than the other components of private capital inflows. In addition, the question as to whether ... -
Remittances and Economic Growth in Kenya (1970-2010)
(2014-03)Statisticshow that remittances to Kenya have been increasing over the years. Studies on the effect of remittances on economic growthin Kenya are limited and have not included private capital inflows as one of the determinants ... -
Labour Diversity and Domestic Firm’s Productivity in Kenya
(2015-07)This study attempted to empirically examine the effect of labour diversity on firm’s productivity in Kenya. To achieve this objective primary data was collected from various firms. Thereafter analysis was done using Feasible ... -
Foreign direct investment, institutional quality and economic growth in Kenya
(2016-07)The study was done to investigate the effect of FDI on economic growth in Kenya, to determine the influence of institutional quality on the effect of FDI on economic growth, and to determine the effects of structural ... -
Foreign capital inflows and economic growth in Kenya
(2016-11)Foreign Aid, Foreign Direct Investment and Remittances remain important and stable source of foreign capital inflows to developing countries, as they bring in large amounts of foreign currency that help sustain the balance ... -
Thermotolerant bacteria of biotechnological potential from hot springs in Eritrea
(2018-06)Thermophiles are excellent sources of enzymes that can withstand and carry out reactions efficiently under high temperatures. This study isolated and characterised thermotolerant bacteria that produce enzymes of potential ... -
Real Interest Rate, Inflation, Exchange Rate, Competitiveness and Foreign Direct Investment in Kenya
(AJP, 2018)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of real interest rates, exchange rate, inflation and competitiveness on FDI in Kenya. Methodology: The study used annual time series data for the period ... -
Mutation EthAW21R confers co-resistance to prothionamide and ethionamide in both Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
(Dove Press, 2018-06)Ethionamide (ETA) and prothionamide (PRO) are interchangeably used in tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy regimens. Subtle discrepancies between biochemical and genetic information on the modes of sensitivity and resistance ... -
Genotype X Environment Interaction of Inbred Lines of Maize (Zea Mays L.) and Stability of Crosses in Kiambu and Embu Counties, Kenya.
(2016-05)Despite the fact that virtually all households in Kenya grow maize over 60% of them are net maize buyers because they do not produce enough for their consumption. Kenya’s current food supply situation and outlook give ... -
Determination of Post Striga Attachment Resistance in Selected Resistant Sorghum Lines in Kenya
(International Knowledge Press, 2017-05)Breeding for Striga resistance in sorghum and other cereals is recognized as the most sustainable control measure, however there is a lack of cereal germplasm that exhibit post attachment to Striga that limits this ... -
Determination of Stem Rust Ug99 Disease Severity in Selected Wheat Backcrosses in Kenya
(2017-05)Stem rust (Puccinia graminis tritici) is a disease of economic importance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) worldwide. The objective of this study was to determine the disease severity of the BC1F1 plants in the nursery at ... -
Physiological and Agronomic Performance of Domesticated and Wild Cotton Germplasm from Selected Regions of Kenya
(2017-05)making cooking oil, soup and seed cake for animal feed industry among other uses. Performance of wild cotton germplasm in Kenya has not been well studied and therefore there is need for understanding the correlation of ... -
Pathogenicity of Colletotrichumkahawae in Kenya
(2017-05)This study was aimed at determining the virulence diversity of Colletotrichumkahawae, and their correlation with coffee growing regions and interaction with coffee varieties in Kenya. A total of 34 single conidia isolates ... -
Genotype variant of soybean cultivars around Lake Victoria region, East Africa
(2010-01)Glycine gracilis, which originated from North-East China, is morphologically intermediate between the cultivated G. max and the wild form, G. soja. These three forms are cross-compatible and their crosses provide a resource ... -
An Analysis of The Impact of Agro-Ecological Zones on The Influence of The Key Factors That Affect Food Security: The Case of The Embu County in Kenya
(2017-08)This paper is based on the results of a study that was carried out to determine the impact of agro-ecological zones (AEZs) on the influence of the key factors that affect household food security through a case study in the ... -
Effects of Land Fragmentation on Food Security in Three Agro-ecological Zones of Embu County in Kenya
(2017-08)Land fragmentation is a common agricultural phenomenon in many countries where a single large farm is subdivided into a large number of separate small land plots. This paper is based on a study that was carried out to ... -
Introgression of Stem Rust Resistance into Popular Kenyan Wheat Varieties to Improve Production
(2018-02)Aim: The objective of this study was to assess the introgression of the stem rust resistance genes into the BC1F1 plants using molecular markers. Place and Duration of Study: Field experiments were carried out in a ... -
Yeast Extract Peptone Based Co-cultivation Media Promotes Transient GUS Expression in Tropical Maize Genotypes
(2017)Background and Objective: Tropical maize is the most cultivated crop in sub-Saharan Africa and is a staple food to over 220 million people. This study, evaluated the competence of four tropical maize (Zea mays L.) inbred ... -
Measuring the role of seagrasses in regulating sediment surface elevation
(Scientific Reports, 2017-09)Seagrass meadows provide numerous ecosystem services and their rapid global loss may reduce human welfare as well as ecological integrity. In common with the other ‘blue carbon’ habitats (mangroves and tidal marshes) ...
