The rapid growth of the world population and the continuous need to ensure future food security has led to a global surge in demand for affordable, alternative and sustainable food sources. In this perspective, increased ...

Rift Valley Fever virus is primarily transmitted by Aedes and Culex mosquitoes. The disease is zoonotic and is endemic in specific areas in Kenya. For a long time RVF mosquito vectors have been classified using morphological ...

P. falciparum resistance to drugs is a major public health problem. Early last decade, a concern was raised regarding resistance to Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine by falciparum malaria in the country. Following recognition ...

Artemisinins-based combination therapies (ACTs) are being recommended against uncomplicated malaria in endemic areas of Africa. However, in these areas data on their long term usefulness is limited. It has been demonstrated ...

Indigenous cattle production plays important socio-economic roles at households and national levels. An improvement would therefore be desirable in enhancing household incomes, food and nutrition security. This can only ...

RNA sequence (RNASeq), a high – throughput sequencing technology that can generate information for characterizing RNA content and the composition of a given sample. African Solanaceae crops survive in very harsh conditions ...

The Kenyan media is awash with sexual content. This media diet mostly sought after by young people permeates TV and radio music shows, soaps, radio breakfast and afternoon drives. This study investigated motivational, ...

Many countries are exponentially faced with high demand of electricity due to factors such as high living standards, industrialization, population growth, among other factors. As a result, the integration of renewable ...

Macadamia tree is a low-input crop with high returns per unit area and hence has high potential in poverty reduction and wealth creation. However, the genetic diversity of Macadamia germplasm in Kenya is not yet known. ...

The aim of the study was to isolate and identify fungal pathogens associated with dermatophytoses among diabetic patients and identify the spectrum of yeasts colonizing diabetic foot ulcers at Kenya National Hospital. A ...