Soil erosion is still one of the most important land problems and it is linked to land use and land cover changes. To mitigate against this, there has been an effort to transfer the management of natural resources to ...

Apart from being few, studies on agroforestry in ASALs have failed to consider different categories of farmers depending on the number of years they have practiced the technology. This has led to scanty information to ...

Background and Objective: Cultivating Calotropis procera for fiber supply to the textile industry can improve the livelihoods of communities in arid and semi-arid regions. This study determined edaphic and climatic factors ...

In recent years, clean and improved cooking solutions have significantly evolved globally, generating an attractive market opportunity for enterprises engaging in the provision of innovative cooking appliances, fuels, ...

Biomass cookstove improvement has been a global active research area for many decades and has resulted into much progress towards cleaner and more efficient energy conversion cooking devices. Irrespective of the perfection ...

This study investigated firewood accessibility in rural and urban areas of The aim was to avail scientific data for appropriate policy formulation to ensure sustainable firewood study employed independent group research ...

Background: There have been notable joint efforts from the private and public sectors in promoting households’ access to clean and efficient energy sources. Despite the noteworthy progress realized over the years, the ...

Fish farming is relatively recent compared to subsistence crop farming in Nyamira County. It is becoming significant due to its contribution to nutrition, self employment and income generation. A Cost Benefit Analysis ...

Majority of farmers live in rural areas and contribute immensely to economy and wealth creation among the rural population, however they are faced with myriad of problems including food insecurity. Even though they ...

Environmental degradation and climate change issues have become inevitable discussions both at national and global levels. The devastating climate change is unequivocal as the world faces heightened rates of ...