Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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The Effect of Interest Rate on Borrowers Uptake of Credit Facilities in Commercial Banks in Kenya
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Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Financial Performance of Insurance Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)A merger can be looked at as the process in which two or more business operations are combined into one business entity with the same management and ownership. From a legal stance, mergers can be looked at as the consolidation ... -
The Relationship Between Capital Structure and Profitability of Construction and Allied Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Capital structure is a very debatable topic in finance mainly in regard to the optimal capital structure that will result to maximum value of a firm. Several theories have been postulated to try to contribute to this broad ... -
Socioeconomic and Demographic Determinants of Fertility in North Eastern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The key objective of this study is to analyze the socioeconomic and demographic factors influencing fertility of women in North Eastern Kenya. North Eastern region was selected because its Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 6.4 ... -
The Relationship Between Non-performing Loans and Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Ethiopia
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Banks financial performance is adversely affected by the level of non-performing loans. Non-performing loans have been widely used as a measure of asset quality among lending institutions and are often associated with ... -
The Effect of Dividend Announcement on Stock Return Volatility of Companies Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Stock prices are always affected by corporate action and any information that can be perceived by the market as adverse or good. Dividends is important to investors as it is one of the ways they get return on their ... -
The Effect of Capital Structure on the Financial Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The research objective was to establish effects of capital structure on the performance in financial perspective of Kenyan manufacturing firms. Theoretically it is assumed that the capital mix a firm uses to finance its ... -
The Effect of Corporate Governance on Financial Performance of Deposit Taking Micro Financial Institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The part of top managerial staff in corporate administration is an essential column in guaranteeing that the shareholder interests are dealt with at all times. Governing body can assess the top administration to guarantee ... -
Effect of Strategic Leadership on the Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(2016)This study project embarked on findings out the influence of strategic leadership on performance of commercial banks in Kenya. It used questionnaires that were presented to different commercial Banks in Kenya, out of the ... -
An Analysis of the Role of Procedural Meaning in the Understanding of Utterances in Gikuyu
(University of Nairobi, 2016)It is possible for people to identify the intended meaning of speaker’s utterances. This distinguishes them from other animals. The speaker’s role is to make sure that the hearer uses less processing effort as much as ... -
The Relationship Between Dividend Policy and Stock Return Volatility of Companies Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Dividend decision is complex in nature therefore there been various established to investigate dividend policy decisions. Dividend pay-out issues are very significant in a firm as they signal outsiders concerning the firm’s ... -
Exploring Improved Nutrient Options for Increased Rained Lowland Rice Production in Eastern and Northern Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Although rice is increasingly becoming an important crop in Uganda, yields continue to decline due to poor soil fertility, weed problems and intermittent rainfall. Poor soil fertility has been ranked as the most important ... -
Bioprospecting and development of a biopesticide for use against mosquitoes from selected plants in Msambweni subcounty, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes affect many people globally with significant numbers of deaths. They are an impediment to economic development in countries where they occur. More than half of the world’s inhabitants are ... -
Evaluation of African Eggplant Accessions for Phenotype Traits and Adaptation to Water Stress
(University of Nairobi, 2016)African eggplant is one of the indigenous vegetables with a great potential for improving food security and income generation among rural and urban resource-poor communities. However, its productivity is low partly due to ... -
Prophylactic Efficacy of Moringa Oleifera Leaf Extracts Against Liver Injury Induced by Artesunate-amodiaquine Antimalarial Combination
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by plasmodium falciparum parasites. It is treated using antimalarial agents. In malaria endemic countries such as Kenya, self-medication with antimalarial agents is rife. This ... -
Effect of Varying Rates of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth, Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency of Clonal Tea (Camellia Sinensis L. [o] Kuntze)
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Small scale tea farmers apply inorganic NPK fertilizers annually in a bid to increase tea yields but the cost of fertilizers has been increasing leading to the reduction in the net returns. A study was conducted to ... -
An Assessment of Selected E-resources: Cab Abstracts and Cabi Compendia at the University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Africa‟s agricultural productivity is lower compared to other continents in part due to a shortfall in the number of people with the necessary agricultural productivity skills. Universities, form an essential pipeline for ... -
The Perfomance of Hides and Skins Sub – Sector and Associated Economic Losses in Wajir County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The African problem with hides and skins value chain comes from; poor quality of raw materials, lack of efficient marketing structures, lack of incentives for quality production and export of raw and semi processed hides ... -
Isolation, pathological and immunological characterization of kenyan infectious bursal disease virus strains for vaccine development
(2016-11)Infectious bursal disease (IBD), a viral disease that affects young chickens, is a disease of economic importance and a great challenge to the poultry industry world-wide. Full protection against very virulent (vvIBDV) ...
