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  Dietary assessment of vitamin A and iron among pregnant women at Ndhiwa Sub District Hospital - Kenya

  African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2014

  Vitamin A and iron deficiencies are among nutritional deficiencies of public health concern in the developing countries. Infants, children, pregnant and lactating women are at high risk of both deficiencies as a result of inadequate dietary intakes and associated physiological changes that cause increased demands for nutrients.
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  Nutritional status of children under five years and associated factors in Mbeere South District, Kenya

  African Crop Science Society, 2014

  Information on nutritional status of children under five years is an indicator of the nutritional situation in society. Identification of core factors  influencing nutrition of this population supports plans to alleviate child malnutrition and its consequences.
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  Rapid literature review: Gender in Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations

  Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014

  This rapid review collates a large amount of literature published in 2013 and 2014 (up to April 2014) on the topic of gender in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS). It is not a systematic or exhaustive review, but does provide a comprehensive overview of the literature available.
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  Child undernutrition in Kenya: trend analyses from 1993 to 2008-09

  BMC Medicine, 2014

  Background: Research on trends in child undernutrition in Kenya has been hindered by the challenges of changing criteria for classifying undernutrition, and an emphasis in the literature on international comparisons of countries’ situations. There has been little attention to within-country trend analyses.
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  Income and poverty impacts of USAID-funded programs to promote maize, horticulture, and dairy enterprises in Kenya, 2004-2010

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012

  This study conducts an in-depth econometric analysis of the quantitative impacts of three USAID programmes on household income and poverty in Kenya from 2004 to 2010. The analyses highlights the economic impact of the three programmes: the Kenya Maize Development Program (KMDP), the Kenya Horticulture Development Project (KHDP), and the Kenya Dairy Development Program (KDDP).
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  What is the scope for increased fertilizer use in Kenya?

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012

  Despite upward trends in fertiliser application rates on maize fields over the last twenty years, there remains a perception in Kenya that application rates are not high enough to reverse the country’s growing national food deficit.
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  The impact of maize hybrids on income, poverty, and inequality among smallholder farmers in Kenya

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012

  The development and diffusion of hybrid maize seed in Kenya is a widely documented success story. This paper examines particularly the impacts of hybrid maize seed adoption on farmer welfare in Kenya.
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  Wheat consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: trends, drivers, and policy implications

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012

  Staple grain consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is rising at the same time that the region is becoming more dependent on imported staples. This paper discusses the potential dilemmas posed by SSA’s increasing reliance on imported staples, and examines the pros and cons of various options for African countries to meet their staple grain needs.
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  Farmer demand for soil fertility management practices in Kenya’s grain basket

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2013

  Land degradation cripples smallholder crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa, including those found in the densely populated, grain basket areas of Kenya.
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  Can Market-Based Approaches to Technology Development and Dissemination Benefit Women Smallholder Farmers? A Qualitative Assessment of Gender Dynamics in the Ownership, Purchase, and use of Irrigation Pumps in Kenya and Tanzania

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2014

  Rural household economies dependent on rainfed agriculture are increasingly turning to irrigation technology solutions to reduce the effects of weather variability and guard against inconsistent and low crop output.

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