Integrated basin management approach has been applied in Nyangores River sub-catchment basin, since the year 2009 but with minimal success. Sub catchment degradation, organizational weakness, the flow and quality of w...Integrated basin management approach has been applied in Nyangores River sub-catchment basin, since the year 2009 but with minimal success. Sub catchment degradation, organizational weakness, the flow and quality of water had started to diminish, creating challenges for local livelihoods, wildlife in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, and in maintaining biodiversity and healthy ecosystem functioning. Water resources can be successfully managed only if the natural, social, economic and political environments, in which water occurs and used, are taken fully into consideration. The aim of this study is to determine the influence of institutional structures influence on sustainability of projects in Nyagores river sub-catchment basin in Bomet County, Kenya. The research designs used were descriptive survey and correlational research design. Stepwise and purposive sampling formed the sampling procedure. The results are presented descriptively using Tables while for qualitative data, narrative statements were used. Questionnaires, Interview guide and document analysis were used for data collection. The sample size was 371, from a targeted a population of 56,508 household heads and 10 informants, purposively selected from the water concerned institutions and ministries of Water and Agriculture. Total of 371 questionnaires were given out to the respondents and only 321, were duly filled and returned representing (86.5%). The objective was to establish the extent to which institutional structures influence sustainability of projects in Nyangores River sub-catchment Basin. The results indicated that there was a positive correlation r = 0.552, (p is was rejected and concluded that there is a significant relationship between the institutional structures and sustainability of projects in Nyangores river sub-catchment basin. R<sup>2</sup> was 0.304;hence, 30.4% of changes in sustainability of projects are explained by institutional structures. Recommendations are;ensure a stringent policy for robust planning and management, and more robust forum for the stakeholders to complement the efforts of WRUA. It is suggested for further research, similar studies are done for the other adjacent river basins and to investigate ways of raising the level of community participation in the basin.展开更多
The OLIGO+ Project has been launched by PNDC last year further to the observation that the micro-ecology imbalance status in China is responsible for sub-health.Taking the challenge to improve the public health and nu...The OLIGO+ Project has been launched by PNDC last year further to the observation that the micro-ecology imbalance status in China is responsible for sub-health.Taking the challenge to improve the public health and nutrition,OLIGO+ Project is aiming to raise the issue of micro ecology imbalance to a public level and advocate the addition of Oligo prebiotics in food by food industry.Consumption of prebiotics ingredient will then promote micro-ecological balance and public health.After this first year of successful implementation,OLIGO+ Project will keep the same ambitious objectives for 2009.The soluble fibers,mostly resistant to digestion in the small intestine and largely fermented in the colon demonstrating prebiotic effects have also been included in the OLIGO+ Project.展开更多
文摘Integrated basin management approach has been applied in Nyangores River sub-catchment basin, since the year 2009 but with minimal success. Sub catchment degradation, organizational weakness, the flow and quality of water had started to diminish, creating challenges for local livelihoods, wildlife in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, and in maintaining biodiversity and healthy ecosystem functioning. Water resources can be successfully managed only if the natural, social, economic and political environments, in which water occurs and used, are taken fully into consideration. The aim of this study is to determine the influence of institutional structures influence on sustainability of projects in Nyagores river sub-catchment basin in Bomet County, Kenya. The research designs used were descriptive survey and correlational research design. Stepwise and purposive sampling formed the sampling procedure. The results are presented descriptively using Tables while for qualitative data, narrative statements were used. Questionnaires, Interview guide and document analysis were used for data collection. The sample size was 371, from a targeted a population of 56,508 household heads and 10 informants, purposively selected from the water concerned institutions and ministries of Water and Agriculture. Total of 371 questionnaires were given out to the respondents and only 321, were duly filled and returned representing (86.5%). The objective was to establish the extent to which institutional structures influence sustainability of projects in Nyangores River sub-catchment Basin. The results indicated that there was a positive correlation r = 0.552, (p is was rejected and concluded that there is a significant relationship between the institutional structures and sustainability of projects in Nyangores river sub-catchment basin. R<sup>2</sup> was 0.304;hence, 30.4% of changes in sustainability of projects are explained by institutional structures. Recommendations are;ensure a stringent policy for robust planning and management, and more robust forum for the stakeholders to complement the efforts of WRUA. It is suggested for further research, similar studies are done for the other adjacent river basins and to investigate ways of raising the level of community participation in the basin.
文摘The OLIGO+ Project has been launched by PNDC last year further to the observation that the micro-ecology imbalance status in China is responsible for sub-health.Taking the challenge to improve the public health and nutrition,OLIGO+ Project is aiming to raise the issue of micro ecology imbalance to a public level and advocate the addition of Oligo prebiotics in food by food industry.Consumption of prebiotics ingredient will then promote micro-ecological balance and public health.After this first year of successful implementation,OLIGO+ Project will keep the same ambitious objectives for 2009.The soluble fibers,mostly resistant to digestion in the small intestine and largely fermented in the colon demonstrating prebiotic effects have also been included in the OLIGO+ Project.
