Browsing 8th International Research Conference of Chuka University,2021 by Issue Date
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PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON PSYCHOSOCIAL WELLBEING AMONG YOUTH IN ANGLICAN CHURCH OF KENYA IN EMBU DIOCESE OF EMBU WEST, KENYA
(Chuka University, 2021-10-07)Youths whether in church or outside get so much involved in use of technology especially social media during lockdown of churches. Social media may affect their relationship with others especially chats from peers. ... -
PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON PSYCHOSOCIAL WELLBEING AMONG YOUTH IN ANGLICAN CHURCH OF KENYA IN EMBU DIOCESE OF EMBU WEST, KENYA
(Chuka University, 2021-10-07)Youths whether in church or outside get so much involved in use of technology especially social media during lockdown of churches. Social media may affect their relationship with others especially chats from peers. ... -
INFORMATION LITERACY STANDARDS OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES OF NAIROBI AND THARAKA- NITHI COUNTIES
(Chuka University, 2021-10-07)Studies have shown that many students have very little or no basic knowledge about library use and information searching skills when they enroll in higher institutions. This study investigated the information literacy ... -
USAWIRI WA MOTIFU ZA KIMAZINGIRA KATIKA TAMTHILIA YA KISWAHILI: TATHMINI YA MAJIRA YA UTASA (AREGE, 2015)
(Chuka University, 2021-10-07)Suala la kuongezeka kwa viwango vya halijoto na mabadiliko ya angahewa limeibua mijadala katika kiwango cha kitaifa na kimataifa. Kwa msingi huu, kazi mbalimbali za kifasihi zimebuniwa kwa kuangazia uharibifu wa mazingira ... -
INFORMATION-SEEKING STRATEGIES OF STUDENTS IN NAIROBI AND THARAKA NITHI COUNTIES’ SECONDARY SCHOOLS
(Chuka University, 2021-10-07)In this information technology age, Kenyan secondary school students need to be equipped to develop the skills to help them search for information and evaluate and utilize the information effectively. This study ... -
MAPPING FOOD DESERTS IN THARAKA CONSTITUENCY USING COMPOSED INDEX OF CRITICAL ACCESSIBILITY TO FOOD AND LIVESTOCK MARKETS
(Chuka University, 2021-10-07)In agropastoral regions of Kenya, households often trek long distances to access food markets and sell livestock. Distance defines physical accessibility and even utilisation of market facilities especially in semi-arid ... -
ASSESSMENT OF TOMATO FARMING STRATEGIES, DISEASES KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG FARMERS’ IN KIRINYAGA COUNTY, KENYA
(Chuka university, 2022)Diseases are hindrance to tomato production in Kirinyaga, Kenya. However, information on farmer’s disease knowledge to warrant pesticide use, disease predisposing factor such as varietal choice, seed source and ... -
APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TO EVALUATE EXTEND OF NON LINEARITY AMONG EXPLANATORY VARIABLES WITHIN AND BETWEEN GENOTYPES AND PHENOTYPES
(Chuka university, 2022)Artificial neural networks (ANN) have been described as one of the models used for marker-based genomic predictions of complex traits in the field of animal breeding. It accommodates noisy, non-linearity in data set ... -
PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF EARLY BLIGHT, LATE BLIGHT AND SEPTORIA SPOT IN DIFFERENT AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF KIRINYAGA COUNTY, KENYA
(Chuka university, 2022)Tomato production is characterized by inconsistence quality and yields that result from biotic constraints such as foliar fungal diseases that include septoria spot, early and late blights. Despite of disease constraints, ... -
PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PARASITIC ROOT KNOT NEMATODES IN SWEET POTATO FARMS OF KIRINYAGA COUNTY
(Chuka university, 2022)Sweet potato production is constrained by many biotic factors which include parasitic root knot nematodes. Root knot nematodes (RKN) pose a significant threat to a wide range of agricultural crops. The effect of RKN on ... -
INFLUENCE OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING ON SUSTAINABILITY OF SUGAR COMPANIES IN KENYA
(Chuka university, 2022)Sugar companies in Kenya like many other firms in the world have used Knowledge Management Practices (KMPs’) since 1959, to transform knowledge to enhance their performance and sustainability but have realized dismaying ... -
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
(Chuka University, 2022)Environmental safeguarding defines the application of precautionary measures to ward off degradation to the environment and human health that may be occasioned during implementation of a project. The researcher indentified ... -
PRODUCTION OF MINERAL NUTRIENT-RICH MULTIPURPOSE PUMPKIN LEAFY VEGETABLESUSING INTEGRATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
(Chuka University, 2022)Enhancing mineral nutrient composition in multipurpose pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch.) is important since it contributes to household food security. To respond to this need, an experiment arranged in split-plot in ... -
A REVIEW OF BACTERIAL PATHOGENS FOUND IN RAW MILK AND THEIR HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE
(Chuka University, 2022)Raw milk has benefits such as maintenance of healthy bones due to the combination of nutrients helping prevent diseases such as osteoporosis, high protein content in milk making people full for a longer period of time ... -
EFFECT OF TICK CONTROL ON MILK REVENUE OF SMALLHOLDER DAIRY FARMERS IN KAPSERET SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(Chuka university, 2022)Milk production is a viable economic enterprise in Kenya. It supports the livelihood of approximately four million Kenyans through food provision, income generation and employment. However, milk production per individual animal ... -
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED MOUNTAIN BONGO IN MOUNT KENYA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY AREAS
(Chuka university, 2022)The study focused on assessing local community knowledge and attitudes towards Mountain Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) in Mt Kenya Forest using a descriptive research design. It was conducted in the community neighboring ... -
MUWALA KATIKA VIKATUNI VYA SHUJAAZ: MTAZAMO WA KIUCHANGANUZI MAKINIFU WA DISKOSI
(Chuka university, 2022)Vikatuni vina wajibu muhimu katika aushi ya watoto na vijana ulimwenguni. Huenda ndio sababu Karne ya 21 imeshuhudia ongezeko la tafiti kuhusu vikatuni. Kumekuwepo na tafiti nyingi kuhusu muwala katika uwanja wa kiusomi. ... -
PERCEPTION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF ADAPTATION STRATEGIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILIT
(Chuka University, 2022)Climate change and variability have been identified globally as a major challenge to food security especially in Arid and Semi-Arid lands (ASALs). Agriculture and smallholder farmers have also been identified as the ... -
IMPACT OF MARKETING CHANNELS, FEED SUPPLEMENTS AND CREDIT ACCESS ON MILK PRODUCTION AMONG SMALLHOLDER DAIRY FARMERS IN CHUKA SUBCOUNTY, KENYA
(Chuka University, 2022)Kenya dairy farming contributes approximately 17% of the Gross Domestic Product. Kenyan milk production has been projected to be between seven to nine litres/cow/day, way below international standards whereby a cow produces ... -
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY AND ITS EFFECT ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN KENYA
(Chuka university, 2022)Exchange rate volatility has received much attention in economic research especially with the advent of floating exchange regimes. The volatile nature of exchange rate is generally perceived as having negative affect ...