A5032392662- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Regional Development and Management Studies
- Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Gender, Education, and Development Issues
- ICT Impact and Policies
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Public Procurement and Policy
- Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Food Industry and Aquatic Biology
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Sodium Intake and Health
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Organic Food and Agriculture
African Population and Health Research Center
2020
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
2016
Ghent University
2014-2016
Mount Kenya University
2014-2015
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Although it is crucial to identify those children likely be treated in an appropriate nutrition rehabilitation programme and discharge them at the time, there no golden standard for such identification.The current study examined appropriateness of using Mid-Upper Arm Circumference identification, follow-up malnourished children.We also assessed its discrepancy with Weight-for-Height based diagnosis, rate recovery, criteria during rehabilitation. SUBJECTS/METHODS:The...
Despite the availability of novel strategies to prevent micronutrient malnutrition, such as biofortification, limited understanding stakeholders often hampers their success. We build upon existing literature on protection motivations (PMT) and technology acceptance (TAM) develop an integrated PMTAM model for analyzing stakeholders' reactions, both supply demand sides. Regarding latter, case iodine biofortified food chain is used evaluate African households' interest. All constructs, threat...
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Despite successes recorded in combating iodine deficiency, more than 2 billion people are still at risk of deficiency disorders.Rural landlocked and mountainous areas developing countries the hardest hit, hence need to explore advance novel strategies such as biofortification.SUBJECTS/METHODS: We evaluated adoption, purchase, consumption biofortified vegetable legumes (IBVL) using theory protection motivations (PMT) integrated with an economic valuation technique.A...
Mid upper arm circumference-based diagnosis of severe acute malnutrition is seen as very attractive because it assumed to be simple use in measuring the and also requires a single cut-off without having compute an index or compare reference population. The circumference left measured at mid-point between tip shoulder elbow referred mid (MUAC). MUAC was originally used emergency settings where huge populations had screened within short time. However, past few years development community...
Purpose Despite the large body of research on consumers’ willingness-to-pay for new food, few studies have tried to integrate technology-based systems and improve their validity. The purpose this paper is analyse integration short messaging service (SMS) in experimental auctions. Design/methodology/approach Based a case study iodine biofortified food with 180 household decision makers Africa, standard Becker-Degroot-Marschak procedure was compared novel SMS-based through five...
This study is grounded on evidence-based decision-making in the implementation of devolved functions Kenya. Promulgation constitution Kenya 2010 set stage for devolution functions, power, resources, and representation closer to people. The researcher applies principles technology acceptance modelling investigate extrinsic factors, Perceived-Ease-Of-Use, Perceived-Usefulness, attitudes, behavioural-intention actual use Research findings, Innovations Technologies. Furthermore, contingent...