A B S T R A C TArguably, poverty is concentrated in developing countries due to poor capacity to develop, to access and to manage agricultural information and knowledge. This is owed to disconnect that exist between the eAgricultural products available in the market and the information needs of the farmers. To address this challenge, there is need to integrate information required by the farmers from the diverse to a single information access point. Such an access point need to be pervasive enough to provide anywhere, anytime and any device information access while meeting the need to avail timely, relevant, accurate and consumable information to farmers. In this paper we attempt to build such an information access point. Specifically, we establish information needs of farmers in Kenya and strategies to bridge these needs in attempt to improve agricultural productivity. We then illustrate that addressing these needs require strict considerations to interests of stakeholders in agriculture as we show that it is critical that the agricultural stakeholders cooperate and collaborate, that is working jointly toward maximizing whole-some agricultural output and individual benefits. And consequently we develop an integrated framework for eAgriculture adoption based on the agriculture-stakeholder consortium that models stakeholders' interests.

Employee training plays a crucial role in ensuring that staffs in organizations have the desired skills and knowledge for better discharge of the assigned duties: to attain desired organizational objectives. Employee training not only ensures better performance but also enhances individual satisfaction in terms of selfactualization: hence, reduces turnover rates. Past studies on influence employee training and organizational performance have majorly focused on private organizations that aim at making profit and leaving public organizations under researched: especially in developing countries that tend to invest heavily in capacity building of employees through regular training programs. This study focused on Kisii county government, which is part of the new devolved system of government in Kenya. The objective was to establish the influence of employee training on organizational performance. The study employed a descriptive research design. The target population was 5111 employees who work in the county government: A sample size of 357 employees used. The sample size got through use of Krejcie & Morgan (1970) table for cases of finite population sizes. The main data collection instrument used was questionnaire. Data analysis done using descriptive and inferential statistics and results presented using tables and figures. The findings indicated that there is a positive and significant influence of employee training on organizational performance

Performance in firms is an intricate affair and remains a major agenda in the corporate world. Researches have been carried out about factors that inform performance of firms, however the extent to which occupational accidents influence performance shaped by occupational health and safety policy regulations has received limited attention in the main stream firm researches. Occupational accidents in Kenya have witnessed an annual growth of 30% based on available statistics that continues to influence performance of firms negatively. The objective of this study was to establish the influence of occupational accidents on performance of firms in Kenya. The study was founded on two theories namely: Contingency theory and General Adaptation Syndrome theory. The study was anchored on Positivism and Interpretivism Paradigms realized by explanatory research design method. The target population was 2107 with a sample size of 414. Stratified, convenient and proportionate sampling techniques were used. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics and partial least squares structural equation modeling aided by Warp PLS. v. 5 software. The findings showed that occupational accidents moderated by health and safety policy regulations to influence performance of firms at βeta coefficient of (β =-0.27, p = 0.020 < 0.05 Occupational health and safety policy regulation moderation effect was at β =-023, p = 0.04 < 0.05). The study recommends to the government and management of firms to incorporate occupational health and safety policy regulation in firms to mitigate occupational accidents hence influence performance of firms.

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