Developing countries, Kenya included are mostly affected by food problems and poverty as a result of high dependence on agriculture. Agriculture in Kenya is dominated by smallholder farmers, whose production is hampered by climate variability, declining land sizes and low agricultural technologies. Agricultural intensification is aimed at solving the problem of low agricultural productivity and poverty through increasing farm output per unit land area. However it is still not clear the e...
The agricultural dynamics are changing. Today, food security is a top priority among under-developed and developing countries, especially and particularly in Africa and Sub-Sahara region. The fight against hunger is a topic that has been in line of discussion since time immemorial. Early scholars like Malthus and Smith tried to explain the relationship among food security, food production and the involved production factors, in their ‘Malthusian Theory’ and ‘Theory of Production,�...
ABSTRACT This study used a 2x2x2 factorial design to examine framing, certainty and gender effects on security strategy decision. One hundred and twenty (60 male, 60 female) first year students of psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, whose ages ranged from 16-29 years (M = 20.35 years, SD =2.85 years) participated in the study. Framing was varied into positive and negative framing conditions certainty was varied into certainty and uncertainty conditions, while gender was categorized in...
ABSTRACT The basic needs of elderly people in society appears to be ignored or not sufficiently prioritized, Particularly, the elderly are not given adequate care in line with their nutritional needs due to food insecurity. This study was conducted in Birim Central Municipality. To investigate a prevalence of diet related health problems of the elderly, and the socio-economic determinants of these problems. The research methods used for the study were survey, and observation. The study empl...
Abstract: end of the Cold War, marked by the shift from a bipolar to multipolar security order, prompted a significant change in Japan’s relations with Africa. New political and economic challenges, which have been accelerated by the process of globalization, have forced Japan to adjust its foreign policies accordingly- especially in the African context. The primary goal of this study is to analyze how the concept of human security has influenced Japan’s foreign policy towards Africa sin...
This research examines four environmental factors influencing women farmers’ adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) in Nakuru County, Kenya. About 30% of environmental problems in the world, and particularly in the study area emanate from poor agricultural practices. CA is currently being promoted as a better practice than the conventional farming methods because CA has been found to result in optimum agricultural production. In addition to resulting in better agricultural yields, CA pro...
Abstract: In the Horn of Africa region borderland areas exhibit some of the lowest human development indicators in terms of access to basic social amenities. Issues such as interstate and intro-state conflicts and tensions, human trafficking and smuggling, trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALWs) afflict borderlands and further threaten the human security of communities. The Kenya - Somalia communities maintain trans-boundary socio-economic and cultural ties through participation ...
ABSTRACT The microbial and chemical compositions of some indigenous foods of Southeastern Nigeria (Imo and Anambra States) were investigated. The total aerobic plate count (TAPC) for Ogiri ranged from 1.2 x 1010 to 2.4 x1011 cfu/g, the coliform count ranged from 2.1 x101 to 9.8 x102 cfu/g, and fungal count ranged from 1.0x108 to 3.3x1011 cfu/g. Aniga had a mean TAPC of 1.4x1011 cfu/g, coliform count of 3.8 x101 cfu/g and fungal count of 1.9x1011 cfu/g. Agbarati had a TAPC ranged from 1.1x109 ...
ABSTRACT Children under five years are known to be more vulnerable and susceptible to nutritional deficiencies and malnutrition worldwide than any other group of people. Child malnutrition especially is responsible for over a million direct and indirect causes of death worldwide. The effects are even higher in developing countries. It was against this backdrop that the purpose of this study found out the feeding practices and nutritional status of children in Ampain refugee camp in Ghana. A ...
ABSTRACT The growing threat of global terrorism to various countries’ national security prompted most governments such as Kenya to make reforms in the security sector to mitigate the vice. The study explored security sector reforms and their implication in the fight against terrorism in Kenya between 1998 and 2015. The study sought to realize the following objectives: examine the conceptual issues and origin of global terrorism; explore the trends of terrorism in Kenya (1998-2015); analys...
ABSTRACT The study analyzed the effects of organization breaches on drug inventory security management for the health institutions in Nyeri County Kenya. The study was guided by four specific objectives; to analyze the effect of organizational regulation, storage infrastructure, skills of the staff and internal environmental factors on drug inventory security management in health institutions, Nyeri County. Drugs in health institutions are mismanaged by handlers for personal interest when th...
The agricultural sector plays a critical role in the Kenyan economy; it contributes to about 30 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employs over 40 percent of total population. It also accounts for more than 60 percent of export earnings and about 45 percent of government revenue. Indeed the sector forms a strong base for food security, creation of employment and generation of foreign exchange. Majority of industries in Kenya are agro-based, making the agriculture sect...
Abstract: Maize lethal necrosis (MLN) is a virus disease complex that was recently reported in eastern Africa. It causes huge yield losses, hence threatening food security in the region. It is caused by a co-infection of Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) and Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) in maize and other cereal crops. Thrips and beetles are known vectors of MCMV while SCMV is vectored by aphids. Since MLN is new to Africa, there are no known effective management strategies against the di...
ABSTRACT Striga hermollthica (De.) Benth. infest millions of hectares of land under cereals in sub-Saharan Africa, threatening food security. One of the major crops threatened i~ maize (Zea mays L.), a staple food for many Ghanaians. The objectives of this study were to investigate the combining ability and heritability of Striga-resistant maize inbred lines for the selection ofsuperior lines for hybridization. A diallel cross involving ten (10) maize inbred lines was made to produce forty-f...
ABSTRACT ‘Starving the Dead’ is a critical theoretical revelation of indigenous people’s experiences, realities, rationality and interpretation of ‘food’ as a socio-spiritual construct that transcends the materialist meaning of food as ‘nutrition’. It has been necessitated by the criticisim rather than critique of indigenous (food) knowledge by modern science as primitive, superstitious, irrational and therefore ‘unscientific’. This power-based criticism has disrupted th...