Commentary and brilliant photographs portray the traditional lifestyles, economic activities, customs, ceremonies and religion, social structure, and natural environment of the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania
Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya’s independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952–1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village’s chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret.
Background: Maternal health is a public health priority in many African countries, but little is known about herbal medicine use in pregnancy. This study aimed to determine the pattern of use of herbal medicine in an urban setting, where women have relatively high access to public healthcare.
Agricultural policies in Kenya aim to improve farmers’ livelihoods. With projected climate change, these policies are short of mechanisms that promote farmers’ adaptation. As a result, smallholders are confronted with a variety of challenges including climate change, which hinders their agricultural production.
Despite the importance of livestock to poor people and the magnitude of the changes that are likely to befall livestock systems, the intersection of climate change and livestock in developing countries is a relatively neglected research area.
BioMed Central Page 1 of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Research Open Access Ethnopharmacological survey of Samburu district, Kenya Mark O Nanyingi*1, James M Mbaria1, Adamson L Lanyasunya2, Cyrus G Wagate1, Kipsengeret B Koros1,3, Humphrey F Kaburia1, Rahab W Munenge1 and William O Ogara1 Address: 1Department of Public health Pharmacology a
BioMed Central Page 1 of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Research Open Access Ethnopharmacological survey of Samburu district, Kenya Mark O Nanyingi*1, James M Mbaria1, Adamson L Lanyasunya2, Cyrus G Wagate1, Kipsengeret B Koros1,3, Humphrey F Kaburia1, Rahab W Munenge1 and William O Ogara1 Address: 1Department of Public health Pharmacology a
Conventional disease prevention methods are geared towards birds in confinement and not free range in an indigenous poultry production system. However, the existing indigenous technical knowledge inherited from past generations has sustained the local poultry production system. This knowledge is passed on verbally and is hardly documented.
Conventional disease prevention methods are geared towards birds in confinement and not free range in an indigenous poultry production system. However, the existing indigenous technical knowledge inherited from past generations has sustained the local poultry production system. This knowledge is passed on verbally and is hardly documented.
Conventional disease prevention methods are geared towards birds in confinement and not free range in an indigenous poultry production system. However, the existing indigenous technical knowledge inherited from past generations has sustained the local poultry production system. This knowledge is passed on verbally and is hardly documented.