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Factors Contributing to Low Productivity and Food Insecurity in Bungoma County, Kenya

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  • Mary Stella Wabwoba

    (Centre for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CDMHA), Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), Kenya)

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Food insecurity within households is a risk to people’s livelihoods. If not addressed in good time it could results into a disaster that will require foreign intervention for that affected community...

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  • Mary Stella Wabwoba, 2017. "Factors Contributing to Low Productivity and Food Insecurity in Bungoma County, Kenya," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 1(7), pages 1813-1816, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:1:y:2017:i:7:p:1813-1816
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000556
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    Keywords

    Biomedical Sciences; Biomedical Research; Technical Research; Farm productivity; Household food insecurity; Bungoma County;
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    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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