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Impact of smallholder farmers’ welfare through participation in on-farm regional projects in East Africa
(Agrekon (Agricultural Economics Research, Policy and Practice in Southern Africa), 2019-08)
This paper uses panel data from 1,160 smallholder farmers, especially
participants and non-participants in twenty-three regional projects from
five countries in East Africa – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and
Uganda. ...
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 ...
Factors Influencing Pastoral Household Livestock-Dependent Incomes in Selected Areas of Turkana and West Pokot Counties of Kenya
(2020-09)
This study was designed to determine factors influencing pastoral household livestock-dependent incomes in selected areas of Turkana and West Pokot counties in Kenya, and to find out if the choice of veterinary delivery ...
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 ...
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 ...
Economic factors affecting the level of beef production from ranching: an example of Kenya's cattle sector
(1993)
An econometric method was used to determine the economic factors that influence the level of beef production from ranches in one of the range areas in Kenya. The study also used both cross section and time-series data ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...