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Framing natural assets for advancing sustainability research: translating different perspectives into actions
(Springer, 2018)
Sustainability is a key challenge for humanity in the context of complex and unprecedented global changes. Future Earth, an international research initiative aiming to advance global sustainability science, has recently ...
Analysis of Semantic Fields in Gĩkũyũ Church Sermons in Nyeri County, Kenya
(Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2018-08)
The notion of semantic field is a structural model for lexical semantics which is attributed to Jost Trier in the Semantic Field Theory. The semantic field is an indispensable part of any language since without it information ...
Fish Growth Performance at High Altitude Environment at Karatina University, Kenya
(Global Journal of Advanced Research, 2018-10)
This report entails the findings of fish growth performance project that targeted high altitude environment. One such environment is Karatina university fish ponds in Kenya. Fingerlings of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), ...
Influence of Rainfall Variability on Tomato Production among Small Scale Farmers in Kieni East Sub County, Kenya
(Journal of Arts & Humanities, 2018)
In Kenya, horticultural farming within the agricultural sector contributes 25 percent to the national Gross Domestic Product and to job creation for the majority of the households. About one third of Kenya’s population ...
A Cognitive Approach to EkeGusii Pop Songs
(Australian International Academic Centre, 2018-03)
A review of literature on pop songs reveals that composers use metaphors to communicate their feelings. In particular, the meaning of the metaphors in EkeGusii pop songs needs to be interpreted to reveal the message of the ...
A study of common causes of mortality among Fishermen in Lake Victoria, Kenya
(African Journal of Health Science, 2018-10)
The fishing industry in Kenya plays an integral role in the socio-economic development of Kenya. However, the working environment of fishermen is characterized by a wide variety of occupational hazards and mortality ...
Examining Factors Contributing to Indiscipline in Primary Schools in Nyeri Central Sub-County, Kenya
(Pedagogical Research, 2018)
School discipline is a core indicator of school effectiveness. Learner management is crucial and educational researchers need to focus on factors leading to indiscipline in schools. Guided by Planned Behaviour Theory that ...
An Analysis of Teacher Performance Appraisals and their Influence on Teacher Performance in Secondary Schools in Kenya
(Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, 2018-07)
Every organization has an objective towards optimum performance and the employees are the key drivers in achieving that. It is necessary therefore that the employees’ performance reach optimality for the success of the ...
Climate Change Perception Among the Pastoralist Women in Narok County
(Academic Research International, 2018-03)
With regards to the effects of climate change, Kenya has identified its ASALs as the most vulnerable areas to climate change with huge impacts on livestock rearing, small-holder agriculture and tourism, which are the ...
Influence of strategic Market Development Practices on Competiveness of Kenyan Tea in the Global market.
(International Journal of Scientific Research and Management (IJSRM), 2018)
Kenyan tea though acclaimed globally as a high quality product available all year round continues to face growing competition both regionally and globally. This has resulted to a decline in its market share in the global ...