John Kingau

Climate change, which is taking place at a time of increasing demand for food and fuel, has the potential to irreversibly damage the natural resource base on which agriculture depends. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa has revealed that Climate change impacts are already costing Africa 5 percent of its GDP. Smallholder farmers contr...

Alliances and inclusivity for social work have become increasingly important in the recent past as implementing agencies seek to realise sustainable development from engagement and facilitation of communities. The current scenario of social education and practices has largely encountered aspects of exclusion and non-sustainability. The role of soci...

Young people represent around one-fifth of the world’s population and half of the total unemployed global workforce are the youth. In Kenya, over half of the total population is youth and a majority of them live in rural areas and are unemployed. Most rural youths engage in self-reliance projects to improve their livelihoods. This paper examines th...

Food insecurity remains a significant issue, with the developing world and more so a major challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa, which continues to pose a threat to the existence of millions of the inhabitants of the continent. The international community's desire to create sustainable food systems in coming years will have long-lasting effects, not lea...

In Kenya today majority of the youth are out of school and not employed in the formal economy and private sector jobs are also scarce. Acknowledging this reality, the Kenyan government and other youth service organizations are learning that proper strategies need to be put in place to help youth penetrate into the formal economy. The strategies sho...

Employment opportunities are an issue, as over sixty percent of young people are unemployed, in Kenya as well as many African countries. Moreover, youth are currently a focus of development support initiatives and are given priority in some incubation programmes by governments. The Kenyan Government has implemented a series of such programmes; the...

Abstract: In Kenya today majority of the youth are out of school and not employed in the formal economy and private sector jobs are also scarce. Acknowledging this reality, the Kenyan government and other youth service organizations are learning that proper strategies need to be put in place to help youth penetrate into the formal economy. The stra...

Training institutions dealing with agriculture and rural development in Kenya face major challenges in their approaches and methods to education and training. These challenges include but are not limited to; inadequate funding, falling student enrollment, inadequate practical skills, poor quality and irrelevant programmes, diminishing graduate empl...