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Factors Influencing Pastoral and Agropastoral Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in the Drylands of Kenya: A Case Study of Kajiado and Makueni Counties
(2016)
This study establishes the determinants of household vulnerability to food insecurity in pastoral households of Kajiado and agropastoral households of Makueni Counties of Kenya. A randomly selected sample of 198 households ...
Conceptualisation and measurement challenges in modelling pastorilists’ risk and vulnerability instigated by droughts in the group ranches of Kenya
(2014)
This on-going study is assessing and modeling vulnerability and risks faced by pastoral communities in the dry areas of Lakipia in Kenya. Preliminary results from participatory rural appraisal indicate that poverty is ...
Seedbed preparation influence on morphometric characteristics of perennial grasses of a semi-arid rangeland in Kenya
(2011)
Semi-arid rangelands in Kenya are an important source of forage for both domestic and wild animals. However, indigenous perennial grasses notably Cenchrus ciliaris (African foxtail grass), Eragrostis superba (Maasai love ...
Chemical composition, dry matter intake (DMI)
(2016)
Fresh Acacia tortilis pods were mixed with low quality native grass hay to form the following
five rations: 100% hay (T1), 25% pods and 75% hay (T2), 50% pods and 50% hay (T3), 75%
pods and 25% hay (T4) and 100% pods ...
Effects of Selected Routine Husbandry Practices on Growth Rate of Weaned Small East African Goats
(2010)
This study was conducted to determine the effects of overnight housing, helminthes control, supplementation and their combinations on average weight gain of weaned Small East African Goats (SEAG) in the semi-arid southeastern ...
Different land use types in the semi-arid rangelands of Kenya influence soil properties
(2011)
Rangelands in semi-arid Kenya have recently witnessed extensive land use changes. These changes can mainly be attributed to increased livestock populations and the response of the increased human population to both local ...
Food poverty among pastoral communities in dryland Kenya
(2012)
The dryland area of Kenya has the highest poverty incidence compared to other areas in the country; this is why poverty reduction has been a key government policy goal especially in these areas. These regions are predominantly ...
The role of Camel milk in pastoral livelihoods in Kenya: contribution to household diet income
(2015)
Pastoral livestock production in Kenya is subject to unpredictable rainfall and drought occurrences. These adverse climatic conditions have led to vulnerable and insecure pastoral livelihoods. Despite the potential to ...
The Desert Margins Programme Approaches in Upscaling Best-Bet Technologies in Arid and Semi-arid Lands in Kenya
(2011)
Kenya’s land surface is primarily arid and
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semi-aridlands(ASALs)whichaccountfor84%ofthe totallandarea.TheDesertMarginsProgramme(DMP) inKenyahasmadesomecontributiontounderstanding which technology options have potential ...
Competition indices of three perennial grasses used to rehabilitate degraded semi-arid rangelands in Kenya
(2015)
Rangeland degradation is one of the most serious environmental challenges in arid and semiarid environments in Africa. Grass reseeding technology, using indigenous perennial grass species has a great potential for restoring ...