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» Kigoma MP Zitto Kabwe stood in Parliament to contribute to the review and direction of the work of the Government and the budget of the office of prime minister for the year 2017/2017.
MAAJABU YA MTANDAONI,BOFYA HAPO CHINI HUTAAMINI MACHO YAKO
Top 10 Tipsto Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke
Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death in
America, accounting for 34 percent of deaths, many
sudden and almost all of them premature. This is down
from 40 percent just four decades ago, mainly due to
treatment of common risk factors. If you have diabetes,
your risk increases dramatically. The following is not
comprehensive, but it is my “top-10 list” to prevent heart
disease and stroke.
1. Take responsibility for your health.
The best prevention is to understand the risks and
treatment options. The greatest risk is ignorance or
misinformation. The first step is to take responsibility
for your health and stay informed.
2. Know your risks.
The most influential risk factor for cardiovascular
disease is age – the older you are, the greater your
risk. The second is your genetic make-up. Although
everyone is excited by the scientific progress in
genomics research, conclusive gene tests are still in
their infancy. But, as I tell our medical students, “A
good family history is a poor man’s gene test.” We have
long known that if your parents, grandparents or other
relatives were afflicted with or died of heart disease,
diabetes or stroke, your risk is much greater. For a full
list of the presently recognized risk factors, visit the UA
Sarver Heart Center website at www.heart.arizona.edu.
3. Don’t smoke or expose yourself to second-hand smoke.
The evidence is overwhelming that cigarette smoking
and second-hand exposure to smoke increase the risks
of heart disease, lung disease, peripheral vascular
disease and stroke.
4. Maintain a healthy blood pressure.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is known as “the
silent killer” as most individuals have no symptoms
High blood pressure (BP) causes wear and tear of
the delicate inner lining of your blood vessels. The
higher your BP, the greater your risk. The risk begins
to increase from a pressure of 115/70 mmHg and
doubles for each 10 mmHg increase in systolic (the
larger number) and 5 mmHg increase in the diastolic
(the smaller number). Heredity and aging account for
TAFADHALI SHARE HABARI HII KWA RAFIKI ZAKO HAPO CHINI ILI IWAFIKIE NA WENGINE PIA
Pig industry sustains livelihoods of many families in Kenya. Pig rearing has been one of wellestablishedindustry
in Kenya following growing export markets and increasing number of health
conscious consumers. Pig production if efficiently managed has great potentials for increasing
protein supply in Kenya. Smallholder pig farms in Tharaka-Nithi County have been facing
varying and dismal profits. The main objective of this study will be to establish which
institutional arrangements and management factors affect the profit efficiency of small-holder
pig farmers in Tharaka-Nithi County. A multi-stage purposive sampling technique will be
adopted to collect cross sectional data of eighty (80) smallholder pig farmers in Maara
Constituency by the use of semi-structured interview schedules. The work will employ Data
Envelopment Analysis to come up with profit efficiency rankings among the farmers and
stochastic frontier profit function will be used to analyze the factors that affect profit efficiency.
The data will be processed using STATA and DEA Frontier packages. The findings could be
useful to the stakeholders of the pig industry sub sector to formulate policies pertaining to pig
enterprise inputs, marketing issues and financial products and also can establish benchmarks
which can be used as a package for enhancing and stabilizing profit efficiencies of smallholder
pig farmers which in turn could help improve the Kenya economy.
An Overview of Livestock Sub-sector in Kenya Perspectives, Opportunities and Innovations for Market Access for Market Access for Pastoral Producers Recent statistics point that the livestock sub-sector in Kenya accounts for approximately 10% of the National Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is 30% of the agricultural GDP. It employs about 50% of the national agricultural workforce and about 90% of the ASAL workforce. 95% of ASAL household income comes from this sub-sector. This is despite the fact that the sector receives only 1 % of the total annual budget allocation. The livestock resource base is estimated at 60 million units comprising of 29 million indigenous and exotic chicken, 10 million beef cattle, 3 million dairy and dairy crosses, 9 million goats, 7 million sheep, 0.8 mi camels, 0.52 mi donkeys and 0.3 million pigs. (Strategy for Revitalizing Agriculture (SRA) 2003) Kenya is broadly self-sufficient in most livestock products but is a net importer of red meat mostly inform of on-the-hoof animals trekked across the porous boundaries of neighbouring countries- Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. Livestock supply in Kenya results from a complex set of interactions between Kenya and its neighbours and the traditional Middle East market and their respective livestock populations, demand and market prices. Kenya is part of a regional market where livestock flow according to markets and price differentials in a liberalized system throughout the region as a whole and where Nairobi represents a focus of demand for the region Supply of red-meat from domestic cattle, shoats and camels falls short of demand, and is almost permanently augmented by a traditional livestock trade drawn in from neighbouring countries, especially Somalia, Tanzania, Sudan and Ethiopia in varying quantities according to demand, which maintains a supply/demand
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