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Dryland Husbandry for Sustainable Development in the Southern Rangelands of Kenya
(2004)
The Dryland Husbandry Project (DHP) came into being under an arrangement conceived by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD), which changed later to Inter-Governmental Authority on Development ...
Rural livelihoods in the arid and semi-arid environments of Kenya: Sustainable alternatives and challenges
(2008)
The improvement of the welfare of inhabitants of arid and semi-arid lands, either through the enhancement of existing livelihoods or the promotion of alternative ones, and their potential constraints are discussed. Alternative ...
Price response of herd off-take under market liberalization in a developing cattle sector: panel analysis applied to Kenya's ranching
(2008)
The influence of price, in view of macro-economic policy change and a set of other factors, on herd off-take rates from ranches in Kenya over a period of 17 years was assessed. An AR(1) equation, based on Nerlove's classical ...
Pastoral production system
(2002)
A Review of African Pastoral Production Systems: Approaches to Their Understanding and Development
(2002)
Pastoralism is a system that has been in existence
for a long time. Scholars have come up with
a cornucopia of definitions related to what entails
this centuries old art. Many of these scholars
agree, though, that ...
Desert Margins Program In Kenya: Integrated Socio-Economics Analysis Of Benchmark Sites
(2004)
This paper presents socio-economic analysis of the Desert Margins Programme (DMP) benchmark sites in Kajiado and Makueni Districts in Southern rangelands, Marsabit District (Kalacha, Kargi, Korr and Ngurunit) and Turkana ...
Changing land use systems and socio-economic roles of vegetation in semi-arid Africa The case of the Afar and Tigrai of Ethiopia
(2000)
In recent years, increased populations and the accompanying human demands have led to changes in land-use in the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa, in turn resulting in the reduction of vegetation and other natural resources. ...
Managing Dryland Resources – An extension manual for Eastern and Southern Africa
(2002)
This manual is intended for use as a field guide by development workers of community-based and non-government organizations, churches, government agencies and research institutions engaged in agricultural development. ...
Tsetse control and land use change in Lambwe valley, south-western Kenya
(2005)
For a long time, trypanosomosis, spread by the tsetse fly Glossina, constrained human settlement in the Lambwe Valley, a south-western Kenya rangeland. After lengthy efforts to control tsetse over many years, the valley ...