This study aimed to analyze the investment feasibility of the poultry model village project at the KOPIA Kenya Center of the Rural Development Administration. To achieve this objective, the study examined the effect on improving farm household income and conducted the Benefit-Cost analysis. The survey conducted one-on-one interviews with farmers who participated in the pilot project using the difference-in-difference method. The pilot project yielded an increase of 43,585 shillings(≒475,076 \)/ year per household in comparison to the conventional farms. The B/C ratio was 6.0, indicating a high level of investment performance.

케냐에서 토종 닭의 낮은 생산성은 부분적으로 열악한 관리 관행, 특히 적절한 건강 관리, 열악한 사육장 및 영양 부족 때문으로 알려져 있다. 이 연구의 목표는 케냐에서 산란계를 위한 신배합사료 배합 가능성 확인과 신배합사료 식 A와 B의 급이를 통한 계란 생산성을 분석하고자 하였다. 1. 2018년 7월 1일부터 2021년 3월 31일까지 Embu 및 Tharaka Nithi 카운티에서 닭 생산에 관심이 있는 농부 그룹을 선정하였다. 농부 그룹 선정에 사용 된 기준은 닭의 수, 닭 사육 및 장비에 대한 투자 수준, 사료 혼합에 대한 관심, 농가 집단의 응집력, 교육 수준 및 집단 구성원의 연령 등 이었다. 2. 총 3,968명의 농업인이 산란계를 위한 신배합사료 식 A와 B에 따른 사료조제 및 이용에 참여하였으며, 총 136,683 kg의 배합 사료를 조제하였다. Embu 지역에서는 2,774명의 농업인이 53,770 kg을, Tharaka Nithi 지역에서는 1,194명의 농업인이 41,313 kg의 신배합사료를 각각 조제하였다. 3. 신배합사료 식 A와 식 B가 케냐 표준 국 [KEBS] (2014)의 품질 표준을 충족하는지 평가하기 위해 사료 영양 성분을 분석한 결과, 신배합사료 식 A와 식 B, 상업용 사료 모 두 건물중(dry matter) 이 88%이상으로 표준을 충족 하였고, 최대 25% 이하의 회분(ash), 15% 이상의 조단백질(crude protein) 과 7.5% 이하의 조섬유(crude fiber) 기준과 대부분 부합하였다. 4. 신배합사료 식 A와 시판용 사료를 급여한 산란계 10마리의 일일 평균 계란 생산량을 비교한 결과 Embu 지역에서는 7.2개와 5.1개, 그리고 Tharaka Nithi 지역에서는 8.2개와 5.7 개로 유의적으로 높은 생산성 차이가 확인되었다. 5. 신배합사료 식 B와 시판용 사료를 급여한 산란계 10마리의 일일 평균 계란 생산량을 비교한 결과 Embu 지역에서는 7.3개와 4.9개, 그리고 Tharaka Nithi 지역에서는 7.1개와 5.2 개로 유의적으로 높은 생산성 차이가 확인되었다.

토종닭의 중요성은 대부분의 농업인 단체에서 자원이 부족한 농업인들을 위한 중요한 사업으로 인식되면서 수년에 걸쳐 증가하고 있다. 그러나 이러한 사업은 낮은 수익률과 비경제적인 문제에 직면 해 있다. 케냐 농축산 연구기구(KALRO) 의 이전 기구이었던 케냐 케냐농업연구기구(KARI)는 토종 닭의 생산성 향상을위한 연구에 앞장서 왔다. KARI의 개량 닭 사양관리 기술은 생산성 저하 문제를 줄이기 위한 연구를 수행 하였다. KALRO는 KOPIA 프로젝트를 통해 지난 5년 동안 Machakos와 Kiambu County의 두 모델 마을에서 기술 이전을 추진 하였다. 본 연구는 KARI의 개량 닭이 식량과 가구 소득에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위해 수행되었다. 두 카운티 모두 입식률이 2008년 2%에서 증가했으며, 2016년 Machakos County의 시범마을 참여 농업인의 59%와 Kiambu 에서 39%가 입식 한 최고치를 기록하였다. 그러나 병아리 입식은 2017년에 감소하다 다시 2018년에 증가하기 시작하였다. 두 카운티에서 2018 년에 판매 된 계란의 수는 Kiambu카운티에 서 230% 증가하였고, Machakos카운티 시범마을에서는 한 달에 가장 높은 963% 증가를 기록하면서 크게 증가하였다. 이는 주로 연간 180~250개의 알을 낳는 KALRO 개량 닭의 도입에 기인하였다. 이것은 계란 생산과 판매로 식량 및 가구 소득 증가로 이어졌습니다. 이 결과는 KARI 개량 닭이 가정의 식량과 소득 안정에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤음을 보여주었다.

This paper presented a case of the ICT Innovation Centres in Primary Schools in Kenya for the effective operation and management of ICT integrated education based on the results of the centre users’satisfaction and improved competency in ICT in education. Global society pursed results-based management to materialize the principles of effective development cooperation. In line with the principle, the project team for establishing the Centres has supported the local operators to operate and manage the centres with the manual and surveyed to capture the results of the operation and management focusing on the users' satisfaction and competency. As result, these two centres encouraged the users to be exposed to use facilities and equipment for understanding ICT and applying it in their teaching and learning activities physically. In particular, these centres helped them to participate in community activities which were recognized as the foundation of sustainable operation and management of the centres. The teaching and learning environment significantly affected the users' satisfaction and improved competency. But, still, additional content would be required for enhancing the performance of the users. For the long-term results, this study proposed that the impact of using the centres should be monitored continuously to carry out tangible results of teaching and learning performance because the centres were operated less than a year and still required to stock relevant data.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of soaking and ultrasonic extraction by observing the change of contents with extraction time of physicochemical properties (solid content, colorness, caffeine, chlorogenic acid, total polyphenols, DPPH, and ABTS). As a result of the analysis, solid content increased with longer extraction time and the whiteness tended to decrease with longer extraction time. Conversely, the extraction of functional materials showed a tendency to increase as the extraction time increased. Caffeine reached the maximum value after two hours soaking, but showed the same result as one hour for sonication. Chlorogenic acid did not show difference from the content of coffee extracted for one hour soaking only by sonication extraction for 30 minutes. The total polyphenols eluted with approximately two hours of soaking even after 30 minutes of sonication. DPPH and ABTS were insignificant in their concentrations, but their antioxidative effect was more than two hours of soaking with only 30 minutes of sonication. Sonication has a short time extraction from a functional aspect (caffeine content, chlorogenic acid, polyphenol content, and antioxidant capacity) and this experiment can provide basic data for the development of innovative recipes.

개발도상국에서 해양대학의 설립과 우수한 해기사의 양성은 해당 국가의 해양산업발전에 큰 영향을 줄 수 있다. 한국의 해양산업발전에 도전을 받은 케냐 정부에 의해 케냐해양대학의 설립을 위한 프로젝트가 추진되고 있다. 이 연구의 목적은 케냐해양대학을 위한 항해학과 교과과정을 개발하는 것이다. 이를 위해 먼저 케냐의 환경을 조사하였고, 이어서 IMO 해기교육요건, 모델코스 및 세계 주요 해양대학의 항해학과 교과과정을 검토하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 케냐해양대학 항해학과 교과과정을 개발하였다. 개발된 교과과정은 승선실습 1년을 포함하여 총 5년이 소요되는 과정이며, 총 200학점(매학기 20학점)을 이수하도록 되어 있다. 이 교과과정은 비록 케냐의 환경에 맞추어 개발된 것이지만, 국제적으로 표준화된 해기교육의 특성상 다른 국가의 유사한 연구에도 좋은 참고가 될 것으로 기대된다.

Use of ICT in Government has ability to improve service delivery to its citizens, and yet many developing countries have lagged behind in the implementation of e-Government. Many e-Government initiatives also failed to achieve their objectives in developing countries. This paper therefore aims to identify critical failure or success factors in Kenya, using Heeks’ Factor Model. A survey questionnaire was developed and data were collected and analyzed from officials and interested citizens. The analysis results enabled to highlight seven specific success and failure factors, and their constituent elements in Kenya. The Kenyan overall e-Government implementation score belongs to the Zone of Improvement (3.52 of total 5.0), which means partial success or failure. The enablers of e-Government projects are good strategy formulation, and internal and external drive, whereas main failures of e-Government are weak ICT infrastructure. The areas for improvement are project management, design, competencies and funding. Data analysis highlights both strengths and weaknesses for each factor or variable. In particular, Kenyan government excels at the drive for change by top to bottom government officers as well as external stakeholders, while the government officers who are using e-Government are satisfied with the availability of vision, strategy and plan of e-Government implementation. Both technologies and e-transactions laws were the worst of all the variables in e-Government implementation. Two areas should be improved using immediate corrective action. In-depth study reveals that government officers and citizens can’t fully use their laptop and mobile devices due to the lack of both ICT network and its operating technology, and legal system associated with the transaction of business information. Finally, the study ends up with recommendations for policy makers to shape the future of e-Government system in both developing and developed countries.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between portfolio quality and financial sustainability of microfinance institutions in Kenya. Research Design, Data, and Methodology: The analysis was based on a panel dataset of 30 microfinance institutions for the period of 2010 to 2018. Data was obtained from the Microfinance information exchange (MIX) database, and it was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics with the aid of STATA. Based on the results of the Hausman test, the study adopted the fixed effect regression model to test the research hypothesis. Results: The study found that portfolio quality had a positive significant effect on financial sustainability of Microfinance institutions in Kenya (β= 0. 211; p-value < 0.05). For the control variables; firm age had a positive effect (β= 0.773; p-value <0.05), while firm size (β= -0. 749; p-value < 0.05) had a negative effect on financial sustainability. Conclusions: The study concluded that portfolio quality has an important influence on the financial sustainability of microfinance institution. The study recommends that managers of microfinance institutions should devise good collection policies to improve portfolio quality while lessening loan default rate. The portfolio quality may improve the overall profitability and enhance investor confidence in their strategic decision-making on refinancing.

This study focused on the alternative to estimate the demand of employment in Kenya logistics. First of all, it investigated the importance and necessity of search about the present circumstance of the country’s industry. Next, it reviewed respectively the concept and limitation of several previous models for employment, including Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA; ROA, Netherlands; IER (Institute for Employment Research), UK; and IAB, Germany. In regard to the demand forecasting of employers in logistics, it could anticipate more realistically the future demand by the time-lag approach. According to the findings, if value of output record 733,080 KSH million in 2015 and 970,640 in 2020, compared to 655,222 in 2013, demand on wage employment in logistics industry would be reached up to 95,860 in 2015 and 104,329 in 2020, compared to about 89,600 in 2012. To conclude, this study showed the more rational numbers about the demand forecasting of employment than the previous researches and displayed the systematic approach to estimate industry manpower in logistics.