Search Results - "Sindi, Kirimi"

Investigating consumer preferences and willingness to pay for Orange-fleshed Sweet potato (OFSP) juice in Rwanda by Bocher, Temesgen, Sindi, Kirimi, Muzhingi, Tawanda, Nshimiyimana, Jean Claude, Nzamwita, Madjaliwa, Low, Jan

“…While micronutrient malnutrition has become a major public health problem in developing countries, consumption of biofortified foods such as orange fleshed…”
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A landscape analysis of clinical trials and infant clinical trials in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Nigeria by Amboka, Patrick, Kurui, Daniel, Wamukoya, Marylene, Sindi, Julius Kirimi, Vicente-Crespo, Marta

“…Global inequality in clinical research capacity and service delivery can be indicated simply by the proportion of clinical trials that a country or region has…”
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Gender-sensitive Value Chain Intervention Improved Profit Efficiency among Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Producers in Rwanda by Bocher, Temesgen, Low, Jan W., Sindi, Kirimi, Rajendran, Srinivasulu

“…The Rwanda Super Foods project sought to develop a value chain for processed orange-fleshed sweetpotato products to respond to farmer concerns over lack of…”
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Specialised Sweetpotato Vine Multiplication in Lake Zone, Tanzania: What “Sticks” and What Changes? by McEwan, Margaret A., Lusheshanija, Dorothy, Shikuku, Kelvin, M., Sindi, Kirimi

“…In Lake Zone, Tanzania, farmers were trained to multiply and distribute quality sweetpotato planting material. The objectives of this study were to assess…”
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Farmers' knowledge, perceptions and management of diseases affecting sweet potatoes in the Lake Victoria Zone region, Tanzania by Adam, Rahma Isaack, Sindi, Kirimi, Badstue, Lone

“…The purpose of this study was to assess farmers' knowledge, perception and management of sweet potato (SP) diseases, and to determine factors associated with…”
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Nutrition and food security impacts of quality seeds of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tanzania by Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Okello, Julius Juma, Wambugu, Stella, Sindi, Kirimi, Low, Jan W., McEwan, Margaret

“…•We assessed the impacts of increased availability of disease-free orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties.•Availability of orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties…”
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Effect of Farmers' Multidimensional Beliefs on Adoption of Biofortified Crops: Evidence from Sweetpotato Farmers in Tanzania by Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Okello, Julius Juma, Sindi, Kirimi, Low, Jan W., Mcewan, Margaret

“…We examined the effect of multidimensional farmers' beliefs on the likelihood of cultivating planting materials of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato…”
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The dynamics of smallholder farmers’ acquisition and distribution of sweet potato vines in the Lake Victoria Zone Region, Tanzania by Adam, Rahma I, Badstue, Lone, Sindi, Kirimi

“…This paper offers new insights into smallholder farmer’s practices regarding acquisition and distribution of sweet potato planting material in the Mwanza and…”
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The dynamics of smallholder farmers’ acquisition and distribution of sweetpotato vines in the Lake Victoria Zone Region, Tanzania by Adam, Rahma I., Badstue, Lone, Sindi, Kirimi

“…This paper offers new insights into smallholder farmer’s practices regarding acquisition and distribution of sweetpotato planting material in the Mwanza and…”
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Planning an integrated agriculture and health program and designing its evaluation: Experience from Western Kenya by Cole, Donald C., Levin, Carol, Loechl, Cornelia, Thiele, Graham, Grant, Frederick, Girard, Aimee Webb, Sindi, Kirimi, Low, Jan

“…•Complex, integrated development programs present planning and evaluation challenges and opportunities.•Multiple evaluation components are needed to respond to…”
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Do Market-oriented Engendered Agriculture-health Interventions Affect Household Nutrition Outcomes: Evidence from an Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Project in Rwanda by Bocher, Temesgen F., Okello, Julius Juma, Sindi, Kirimi, Nshimiyimana, Jean Claude, Muzhingi, Tawanda, Low, Jan W.

“…The number of agricultural interventions promoting biofortified crops as a strategy to combat micronutrient malnutrition have increased significantly during…”
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Health and nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices of pregnant women attending and not-attending ANC clinics in Western Kenya: a cross-sectional analysis by Perumal, Nandita, Cole, Donald C, Ouédraogo, Hermann Z, Sindi, Kirimi, Loechl, Cornelia, Low, Jan, Levin, Carol, Kiria, Christine, Kurji, Jaameeta, Oyunga, Mary

“…Antenatal care (ANC) is a key strategy to decreasing maternal mortality in low-resource settings. ANC clinics provide resources to improve nutrition and health…”
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Sweetpotato Seed Systems in Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda by Namanda, Sam, Gibson, Richard, Sindi, Kirimi

“…Surveys were made of the seed systems used in Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda and to investigate the reasons underlying them. Along the equator in Uganda, where…”
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Essays on market access through collective action: Analyses of factors affecting the formation, success, and impact of farmer marketing groups in Kenya by Sindi, Julius Kirimi

“…Many smallholder farmers in developing countries suffer from poor access to vital financial services, improved inputs, and product markets. Collective action…”
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Kenya's domestic horticulture subsector: What drives commercialization decisions by rural households? by Sindi, Julius Kirimi

“…Majority of Kenyan smallholder households grow horticultural crops but do not earn a significant portion of their income from the sector. This study uses…”
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Essays on market access through collective action: Analyses of factors affecting the formation, success, and impact of farmer marketing groups in Kenya by Sindi, Julius Kirimi

“…Many smallholder farmers in developing countries suffer from poor access to vital financial services, improved inputs, and product markets. Collective action…”
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