Describes the traditional grazing organisation of Maasai pastoralists inhabiting a newly formed group ranch in the Kajiado district of Kenya, Summarises livestock movements and land use practices. Shows cattle herd distribution in 1982 and 1983
Peacock, C.P.
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[Herd movement on a Maasai group ranch in relation to traditional organisation and livestock development]
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Herd movement on a Maasai group ranch in relation to traditional organisation and livestock development
Tavenner, Katie
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Fraval, Simon
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Omondi, Immaculate A.
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Crane, Todd A.
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[Gendered reporting of household dynamics in the Kenyan dairy sector: Trends and implications for low emissions dairy development]
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Gendered reporting of household dynamics in the Kenyan dairy sector: Trends and implications for low emissions dairy development
Increasing awareness of the role of vitamin A (VA) in human health has led to international efforts to eliminate VA deficiency (VAD) as a public health problem. This paper examined community awareness of existence, signs and symptoms, causes, control of VAD as well as attitudes, so as to identify...
Oyunga, M.A.
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Omondi, D.O.
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Grant, F.K.E.
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[Awareness in the context of prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among households in Western Kenya using a cross-sectional study.]
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Awareness in the context of prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among households in Western Kenya using a cross-sectional study.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, research aimed at improving household livelihoods through cattle often targets commercial benefits while neglecting household-oriented benefits. The latter are rarely articulated, and their comprehensive role in livelihoods is little understood by policymakers. The main aim...
Food vendors are pivotal in the local food system of most low‐income informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, despite being seen as an obstruction and as agents of disease and filth by city authorities. This paper explores the geography of these foodscapes – defined as public sites of food product...
Ahmed, S.
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Haklay, M.
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Tacoli, C.
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Githiri, G.
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Davila, J.
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Allen, A.
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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[Participatory mapping and food‐centred justice in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya]
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Participatory mapping and food‐centred justice in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
This article provides a description of an agricultural household survey data of rice growers collected in Ecuador between October 2014 and March 2015. The household survey was implemented using a structured questionnaire administered among 1,028 households in the main rice production areas of Ecu...
Marin Salazar, Diego Armando
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Orrego-Varón, Mayra
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Yanez, Fernando
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Mendoza, Luis
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García, María Alejandra
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Andrade, Robert
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Labarta, Ricardo
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[Household survey data of adoption of improved varieties and management practices in rice production, Ecuador.]
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Household survey data of adoption of improved varieties and management practices in rice production, Ecuador.
Background
Child undernutrition is persistently high in the central Andes of Peru, and numerous smallholder households fail to meet their basic needs of energy, iron and zinc. Food-based approaches assume household-level nutrition can be improved following agricultural interventions. This study ...
Arce Indacochea, A.
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Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary M.
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Scurrah, M.
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Ccanto, Raul I.
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Olivera, Edgar
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Burra, Dharani Dhar
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Haan, Stefan de
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[The challenge of achieving basal energy, iron and zinc provision for home consumption through family farming in the Andes: a comparison of coverage through contemporary production systems and selected agricultural interventions]
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The challenge of achieving basal energy, iron and zinc provision for home consumption through family farming in the Andes: a comparison of coverage through contemporary production systems and selected agricultural interventions
Banana and plantain (ban+plant) play a substantial role in people’s diet in Cameroon. A survey was carried out in 240 households in four localities to determine the daily consumption of (ban+plant)-derived foods and the contribution of these foods to iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and vitamin A intake by c...
Honfo, F.G.
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Kayodé, A.P.
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Coulibaly, O.
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Tenkouano, A.
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[Relative contribution of banana and plantain products to the nutritional requirements for iron, zinc and vitamin A of infants and mothers in Cameroon]
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Relative contribution of banana and plantain products to the nutritional requirements for iron, zinc and vitamin A of infants and mothers in Cameroon
Water security has become the new buzzword for water and development programmes in the rural South. The concept has potential to focus policymakers and practitioners on the inequalities and injustices that lie behind lack of access to affordable, safe, and clean water. The concept of women’s empo...
Leder, Stephanie
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Clement, Floriane
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Karki, Emma
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[Reframing women’s empowerment in water security programmes in western Nepal]
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Reframing women’s empowerment in water security programmes in western Nepal