Zobrazeno 1 - 10
of 42
pro vyhledávání: '"Willis Oluoch-Kosura"'
Publikováno v:
Heliyon, Vol 10, Iss 21, Pp e39888- (2024)
Rice bean (Vigna umbellata) is an important legume for food and nutritional security. However, the level of its cultivation in western Kenya, where there is a serious malnutrition challenge, is still low due to a lack of insights into its attributes.
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/9ed7733c689846fc89333c7d5552659f
Publikováno v:
Heliyon, Vol 10, Iss 17, Pp e36917- (2024)
Horticulture is highly affected by climate variability. Various measures including climate-smart horticulture (CSH) practices are applied by farmers to curb the severity of climate change. Some farmers use mobile phones to access information and enha
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/aa351aa36c804a8b8d961c427fb340b6
Publikováno v:
Cogent Food & Agriculture, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2024)
AbstractHorticulture is an important sub-sector of the Kenyan economy that contributes to food and nutrition security as well as a source of income to small-scale farmers. However, the sub-sector is largely affected by climate variability. Although v
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/7f16dc46744f41f7814bd64ff95ddf54
Publikováno v:
Heliyon, Vol 10, Iss 14, Pp e34541- (2024)
Agricultural advisory services help farmers to access farming skills, technologies and agricultural markets. The services are offered by different actors, who all together form the pluralistic advisory service providers. In recent years, pluralistic
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/a9aeef72268a4cc39ba14d4153873d62
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 8 (2024)
Hidden hunger, a condition that arises from eating a low legume-cereal mix, hinders the attainment of food security. It affects 25% of the world’s population and 20% of the African population. To address this problem, various crop improvement progr
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/fe099e3e772e4e71900de594f0d8e900
Autor:
George Magambo Kanyenji, Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Cecilia Moraa Onyango, Stanley Karanja Ng'ang'a
Publikováno v:
Heliyon, Vol 8, Iss 5, Pp e09500- (2022)
Improving agricultural productivity to improve food security and feed the future generation is needed. One of the ways to achieve this is by adopting low-cost solutions such as soil carbon enhancing practices (SCEPs). Given the complexity of adoption
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/b933cd9e2aad4d3c8a50a55d771b2886
Publikováno v:
Cogent Food & Agriculture, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2021)
Contract farming is an innovative institutional arrangement with potential benefits to the livelihoods of value chain actors. However, there are mixed results in the literature on the extent to which participation in contracts contributes to farm eff
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/76dac29b4f354588b49551c7089222d5
Autor:
George Magambo Kanyenji, Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Cecilia Moraa Onyango, Stanley Karanja Ng'ang'a
Publikováno v:
Heliyon, Vol 6, Iss 3, Pp e03226- (2020)
Most smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are adversely affected by low soil fertility, land degradation and climate change-related shocks such as drought. These problems lead to low productivity and low household income. In addition, the
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/0c95de66292341549add5ae6aafb51a5
Publikováno v:
Heliyon, Vol 5, Iss 10, Pp e02730- (2019)
Global land acquisition and lease investments in developing countries by foreign companies have elicited a lot of controversy and interest in recent literature. Well-structured foreign land leases and investments might offer development benefits to t
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/7eeedb3131f3464890767875eca36bb1
Autor:
Colin D. Butler, Willis Oluoch-Kosura
Publikováno v:
Ecology and Society, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 30 (2006)
Ecosystem services are necessary, yet not sufficient for human well-being (however defined). Insufficient access to the ecosystem provisioning service of food is a particularly important factor in the loss of human well-being, but all ecosystem servi
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/c8cedc0a4b344c9bb2345066bb8e1dd4