Journal Articles (AE): Recent submissions
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The perfect drought? Constraints limiting Kalahari agro-pastoral communities from coping and adapting
(African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2011)Rural Kalahari agro-pastoral communities of Southern Africa have been exposed to drought shocks throughout history and have adapted their livelihoods accordingly. Yet, drought continues to disrupt or threaten to disrupt ... -
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 ... -
The link between seasonal climatic variability and poverty: A case study of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Baringo District, Kenya
(2010)Poverty remains rampant in the dry districts of Kenya so that it has now become an important item on Kenya’s development agenda. The dry districts of Kenya receive low amounts of rainfall, which is also erratic. These ... -
The impact of climate variability and extreme weather events on gender: Gender vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for improved household food security in Malawi
(2009)The challenge to achieving household food security is a combination of biological, physical, and social factors. However, social factors, gender in particular, have received a cursory attention in adaptation studies. ... -
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 AQ1 semi-aridlands(ASALs)whichaccountfor84%ofthe totallandarea.TheDesertMarginsProgramme(DMP) inKenyahasmadesomecontributiontounderstanding which technology options have potential ... -
The choice of grass species to combat desertification in semi-arid Kenyan rangelands is greatly influenced by their forage value for livestock
(2013)Livestock production is the main source of livelihood in the arid and semi-arid lands in Africa. However, desertification characterized by vegetation degradation and soil erosion is a major threat to the sustainability of ... -
Livestock as Capital and a Tao I for Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Management of Food Insecurity in Semi-traditional agro-pastoral societies:an example from South East Kenya
(1999)Discussions of the roles of livestock in many societies is not something new. They have been done in anthropological, sociological and, to some extent, economic literature. However, most of these discussions are normally ... -
Levels and causes of household food and nutrition insecurity in dryland Kenya
(2002)Ensuring food and nutrition security in the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa is a critical challenge. Often, information on the level of insecurity is either scanty or unavailable. This paper looks at food and nutrition ... -
Land-Use Change and Livestock Production Challenges in an Integrated System: The Masai-Mara Ecosystem, Kenya
(2009)Participatory rural appraisal techniques and a survey of 100 households were used to evaluate livestock production, and pastoral development of the Maasai in Mara. It was observed that patterns of land-use have principally ... -
Influence of Settlements on Land use and Vegetation in the Rangelands of Northeastern Ethiopia: Application of Aerial Photographic Technique
(1999)Population pressure through settlements and encroachment of cultivation into pastoral prime grazing lands in and semi-and areas of Africa have resulted in the reduction of natural vegetation cover, in turn transforming ... -
Influence of seed bed preparation on morphometric characteristics of Eragrostis superba, Cenchrus ciliaris and Enteropogon macrostachyus in southeastern drylands of Kenya
(2010)This study compared over a 6-month period effects of tractorploughing and hand-clearing seedbed preparation on morphometric characteristics of three arid and semi-arid grass species, namely; Eragrostis superba Peyr, Cenchrus ... -
Grass reseeding technology as a means of rehabilitating degraded lands and improving livelihoods of agro-pastoral communities in semi-arid Kenya
(2011)Land degradation is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Sub-Saharan Africa. Fighting land degradation is essential to ensure the sustainable and long-term productivity of the inhabited semi-arid lands. Cenchrus ... -
Feeding value of Acacia tortilis pods in goats
(2003)Fresh Acacia tortilis pods were mixed with low quality native grass hay to form 5 rations - T 1 (100% hay), T 2 (25% pods + 75% hay), T 3 (50% hay + 50% pods), T 4 (75% pods + 25% hay) and T 3 (100% pods). Male goat groups ... -
Farm Size, Modern Technology Adoption, and Efficiency of Small Holdings in Developing Countries: Evidence from Kenya
(2011)Low efficiency is a problem in most developing agriculture, and is one of the reasons for food insecurity. This paper provides information on smallholder production efficiency in one of the developing Sub-Saharan Countries: ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Effect of land use changes on adaptive strategies for smallholder agro-pastoralists in Kenya
(2012)A study to characterize existing adaptive strategies and shifts in smallholder agro-pastoralists in relation to changes in land use and land subdivisions was carried out. A total of 48.9% of respondent indicated that there ... -
Effect of increasing duration of water deprivation on feed intake, feed digestibility and body weight gain of Nganda sheep
(2004)A study was undertaken in Kenya's southern savanna rangelands to determine the seasonal effect of Balanites glabra canopy cover on aboveground grass biomass, grass species composition, soil organic matter and soil moisture ... -
Effect of Balanites glabra canopy cover on grass production, organic matter and soil moisture in a southern Kenyan rangelan
(2003)A study was undertaken in Kenya’s southern savanna rangelands to determine the seasonal effect of Balanites glabra canopy cover on aboveground grass biomass, grass species composition, soil organic matter and soil moisture ...
