Biodiesel is commonly produced by the transesterification of plant oil or animal fat with short chain alcohols. This biomass fuel has received much attention, since it is a kind of alternative, biodegradable, nontoxic, and ...

The paper investigates the development of One Village One Product (OVOP) movement as a strategy to attainregional sustainability and independence in the devolved regional government structures in Kenya as entrenchedin the ...

In sub-Saharan Africa about 80% of the ever increasing population depends on ethnomedicine for their healthcare since modern medicine is mostly expensive or unavailable in rural homesteads. However, ethnomedicine is the ...

Several improved sorghum varieties are adapted to semi-arid and tropic environments. Selection of varieties meeting specific local food and industrial requirements from this great biodiversity is important for food security ...

Hibiscus sabdariffa L (roselle) is an important flowering plant in the Malvaceae family (FAO). But surprisingly verylittle fundamental research, in terms of cultivation, agronomy, productivity and various applications, has ...

Aluminum ion is a major factor to limit crop productivity in acidic soils. Aluminum ion accumulates on root apices, which immediately leads to the inhibition of cell elongation (namely, the inhibition of root elongation). ...

The main aim of the paper is to report some practical non-food processing strategies for sweetpotatoes under study at University of Eastern Africa, Baraton (UEAB) in order to exploit the immense potential of the sweet ...

Kenya is rich in mushroom biodiversity that has not been fully exploited. Rural communities consume wild ediblespecies especially during the rainy seasons. Utilization of mushrooms collected from the wild requires ...

The intensity of radiation around various GSM phone models has been measured using broadband radiofrequency meter and spectrum analyzer and the results assessed based upon the established international safety standards on ...

Ecological studies often use Geographic Information System (GIS) models to predict or explain biogeographicalpatterns and range distributions of various species. Climatic data are often interpolated into high resolution ...