Search Results - "Mendum, Ruth"

Making it to the PhD: Gender and student performance in sub-Saharan Africa by Fisher, Monica, Nyabaro, Violet, Mendum, Ruth, Osiru, Moses

“…Women's underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) impedes progress in solving Africa's complex development problems. As…”
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Cleaner Cooking with Charcoal in Kibera Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, and Its Implications for Livelihoods and the Environment by Kirimi, Moses, Gitau, James K., Mendum, Ruth, Muthuri, Catherine, Njenga, Mary

“…Woodfuel that is unsustainably sourced and inefficiently used results in negative environmental and health impacts. This study assessed charcoal use and…”
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Sustainable woodfuel systems: a theory of change for sub-Saharan Africa by Njenga, Mary, Sears, Robin R, Mendum, Ruth

“…Charcoal and firewood, together comprising woodfuel, are key in the cooking energy mix in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Charcoal is made by burning wood under…”
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Use of Biochar-Producing Gasifier Cookstove Improves Energy Use Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality in Rural Households by Gitau, James K., Sundberg, Cecilia, Mendum, Ruth, Mutune, Jane, Njenga, Mary

“…Biomass fuels dominate the household energy mix in sub-Saharan Africa. Much of it is used inefficiently in poorly ventilated kitchens resulting in indoor air…”
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Integrating wood fuels into agriculture and food security agendas and research in sub-Saharan Africa by Mendum, Ruth, Njenga, Mary

“…In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), food security can be influenced by many factors including farmer productivity, access to soil amendments, labor availability, and…”
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Correction: Integrating wood fuels into agriculture and food security agendas and research in sub-Saharan Africa by Mendum, Ruth, Njenga, Mary

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Quality of charcoal produced using micro gasification and how the new cook stove works in rural Kenya by Njenga, Mary, Mahmoud, Yahia, Mendum, Ruth, Iiyama, Muyiki, Jamnadass, Ramni, de Nowina, Kristina Roing, Sundberg, Cecilia

“…Wood based energy is the main source of cooking and heating fuel in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its use rises as the population increases. Inefficient cook stoves…”
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Implications on Livelihoods and the Environment of Uptake of Gasifier Cook Stoves among Kenya’s Rural Households by Gitau, James K., Mutune, Jane, Sundberg, Cecilia, Mendum, Ruth, Njenga, Mary

“…A majority of people in developing countries use biomass energy for cooking and heating due to its affordability, accessibility and convenience. However,…”
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Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) in a refugee context in East Africa: Kitchen gardening helps with mineral provision by Woldetsadik, Desta, Llorent-Martínez, Eulogio J., Gebrezgabher, Solomie, Njenga, Mary, Mendum, Ruth, Castillo-López, Roxana, Fernández-de Córdova, Maria L., Hailu, Hillette, Evans, Colby T., Madani, Nelly, Mafika, Tamlyn P., Fleming, David E. B.

“…Kitchen gardening is considered a way to reconnect with agriculture and complement the cereal-based relief food offered to refugees in East Africa. This work…”
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Subjectivity and plant domestication: Decoding the agency of vegetable food crops by Mendum, Ruth M

“…Seeds of domesticated plants are a literature, a hard drive and a coded record of past information. Historically speaking, breeding is a special kind of…”
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Elemental profile of food aids and mineral provision for pregnant and lactating refugee women by Woldetsadik, Desta, Hailu, Hillette, Gebrezgabher, Solomie, Njenga, Mary, Mendum, Ruth, Gordo-Moreno, Ana I., Fernández-de Córdova, María Luisa, Llorent-Martínez, Eulogio J.

“…In this study, the levels of Al, As, Ca, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Sr and Zn were determined in 56 composite samples of food aids using…”
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Improvements in charcoal production and the environmental implications: Potential for the invasive Prosopis juliflora in Kenya by Njenga, Mary, Kirimi, Moses, Koech, Grace, Wanjira, Erick Otieno, Muriuki, Jonathan, Sola, Phosiso, Bourne, Mieke, Siko, Ignatius, Mendum, Ruth

“…•Invasive Prosopis juliflora has potential for sustainable biomass for charcoal.•Small stems and branches of trees produce good quality charcoal hence save…”
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The scientific seed: Collaborative plant breeding and the enhancement of biodiversity by Mendum, Ruth M

“…This dissertation is a qualitative case study of a participatory plant breeding project (“The Seed Project”) in the Northeastern United States. The study…”
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Re-tooling subjectivities: Exploring the possible with feminist science and technology studies by Bauchspies, Wenda K, de la Bellacasa, María Puig

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Discourses and Silences: Indigenous Peoples, Risks and Resistance by Mendum, Ruth M

“…ISBN: 0-473-10628-0 International conferences that draw participants from outside academia create physical spaces where encounters between dissimilar strangers…”
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The scientific seed: Collaborative plant breeding and the enhancement of biodiversity by Mendum, Ruth M

“…This dissertation is a qualitative case study of a participatory plant breeding project ("The Seed Project") in the Northeastern United States. The study…”
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Discourses and Silences: Indigenous Peoples, Risks and Resistance, edited by Garth Cant, Anake Goodall, and Justine Inns by Mendum, Ruth M.

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Male Fantasies Volume 2. Male Bodies: Psychoanalyzing the White Terror by Mendum, Ruth M.

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Recoding Nature: Critical Perspectives on Genetic Engineering by Mendum, Ruth M

“…Mendum reviews Recoding Nature: Critical Perspectives on Genetic Engineering edited by Richard Hindmarsh and Geoffrey Lawrence…”
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