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More of the land surface of the earth is used for grazing than for any other purpose (FAO 1999, WRI 2000, Asner et al. 2004, Ojima and Chuluun, Chapter 8). Although livestock and wildlife graze in forests and woodlands, we focus here on the lands where most herding peoples and their livestock gra...


Reid, Robin S.Galvin, K.A.Kruska, R.S.[Global significance of extensive grazing lands and pastoral societies: An introduction]Global significance of extensive grazing lands and pastoral societies: An introduction

The Amboseli ecosystem is known worldwide as one of Kenya’s “conservation jewels,” and is recognized as a landscape where humans, livestock, and wildlife have co-existed for centuries. However, there is a long-term shift underway, pushed by a transition in human land-use from extensive pastoralis...


BurnSilver, S.B.Worden, J.Boone, Randall B.[Processes of fragmentation in the Amboseli ecosystem, Southern Kajiado district, Kenya]Processes of fragmentation in the Amboseli ecosystem, Southern Kajiado district, Kenya
Galvin, K.A.Thornton, Philip K.Boone, Randall B.[Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania: fragmentation of a unique region of the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem]Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania: fragmentation of a unique region of the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem

This chapter describes how extensive livestock keeping (particularly cattle) contributes to the food and nutrition security of pastoralist communities. A framework of different pathways (production, income, gender and health) is used to consider the different linkages. Challenges related to clima...


Truebswasser, U.Flintan, Fiona E.[Extensive (pastoralist) cattle contributions to food and nutrition security]Extensive (pastoralist) cattle contributions to food and nutrition security
Xuebin, Q.Blench, RogerRege, J.E.O.Hanotte, Olivier H.Han Jianlin[Understanding the yak pastoralism in Central Asian Highlands: Mitochondrial DNA evidence for origin, domestication and dispersal of domestic yak]Understanding the yak pastoralism in Central Asian Highlands: Mitochondrial DNA evidence for origin, domestication and dispersal of domestic yak

All eastern Africa is in the tropics, but its grasslands cover a very wide range of altitudes. Extensive grasslands are mostly in arid and semi -arid zones. The area is subject to droughts and a high degree of pastoral risk. Potential vegetation is largely desert and semi-desert, bush and woodlan...


Reid, Robin S.Serneels, S.Nyabenge, M.Hanson, Jean[The changing face of pastoral systems in grass dominated ecosystems of Eastern Africa]The changing face of pastoral systems in grass dominated ecosystems of Eastern Africa
Desta, S.Gebru, G.Tezera, S.Coppock, D.L.[Linking pastoralists and exporting in a livestock marketing chain: Recent experiences from Ethiopia]Linking pastoralists and exporting in a livestock marketing chain: Recent experiences from Ethiopia

This paper examines the bio-physical, marketing and environmental determinants of purchase price of cattle traded in pastoralists' markets in the southern rangelands of Kenya. Market -level survey data based on observed market transactions from seven livestock markets in Kajiado District in south...


Radeny, Maren A.O.Kristjanson, Patricia M.Ruto, E.S.K.Scarpa, R.Wakhungu, Judi W.[Determinants of cattle prices in southern Kenya: Implications for breed conservation and pastoral marketing strategies]Determinants of cattle prices in southern Kenya: Implications for breed conservation and pastoral marketing strategies

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