Flower-visiting insects are essential in maintaining a healthy and productive agricultural landscape through ecosystem services such as pollination. Fruits are important sources of vitamins and micronutrients, and ...

Rangelands contribute at least 30% of terrestrial net primary productivity, making them an important part of natural ecosystems despite low and unpredictable rainfall regimes. Rangelands are sensitive to anthropogenic ...

Wild harlequin quails are a traditional source of protein in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Nonetheless, they are greatly underutilized to combat malnutrition and ensure food security. The current status of quail ...

The Earth’s ambient climatic factors, such as temperature, humidity, solar radiation, and precipitation, vary through time and space due to climate change. Heat stress, one of the major factors affecting poultry production, ...

Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important food crop in Kenya, while low and erratic rainfall, and low nutrient input mainly result in low maize yield. This study were to assess optimal nutrient and irrigation management ...

Background and Objective: In the present study, which is the second in a series of three publications on a project aimed at evaluating the efficacy and safety of utilizing African Safou (Dacryodes ...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), is a life-threatening condition of global public health concern. It worsens in the presence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS), a complex disorder characterized by co-occurrence of at least ...

Type 2 diabetes is a public health problem and one of the most common life threatening conditions globally, due to its related complications that are usually very costly to treat, with increasing number of people being ...

Allometry is extensively used to describe the scaling relationship between individual size and metabolite allo-cation. Micro-field rain-harvesting system can improve soil water availability and thus alter the allocation ...

Globally high altitude forest regions are considered to be more prone to rapid warming. These regions have also shown great seasonal and inter annual temperatures variability. In Kenya mean annual temperatures increased ...