Reports on a study of livestock marketing conducted in eastern Kajiado, Kenya. Describes major market areas, the operation of the cattle market including the sources, characterstics and prices of the cattle trade, the efficiency of the market and the problemes encontered by the buyeres and selleres.
Research agenda for ILCA's Kenya programme, including details of objectives, programme of work, time schedule, data evaluation procedures and expected benefits for each research component to improve livestock productivity of pastoralists and systems research to improve mixed farming systems, both...
Bekure, S.
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Leeuw, P.N. de
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Pasha, I.K.O.
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Tessema, S.
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Woie, B.M.
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Maranga, E.K.
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Shaabani, S.B.
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[Proposed research programme and research protocols for 1986-1989]
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Proposed research programme and research protocols for 1986-1989
The first chapter gives a brief description of a pastoral production system, as envisaged by the study team and outlines the multi-disciplinary approach of the study, its sampling design and the data collected. Chapters 2 & 3 describe Kenya's biophysical and socio-economic environments, within wh...
Bekure, S.
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Leeuw, P.N. de
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Grandin, B.E.
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Neate, Paul J.H.
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[Maasai herding: An analysis of the livestock production system of Maasai pastoralists in eastern Kajiado District, Kenya]
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Maasai herding: An analysis of the livestock production system of Maasai pastoralists in eastern Kajiado District, Kenya
Analyzes the output of the Maasai pastoral system by examining three group ranches in the Kajiado District in Kenya, first in terms of output per animal, household cash and subsistence income from livestock for large-and small-scale producers, and second in terms of output per unit of pastoral land.
Leeuw, P.N. de
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Bekure, S.
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Grandin, B.E.
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[Aspects de la productivite de l'elevage dans les ranches collectifs Masai du Kenya]
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Aspects de la productivite de l'elevage dans les ranches collectifs Masai du Kenya
The pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of Ethiopia cover around 65% of the country’s surface area. Rangeland resources are managed under collective common property arrangements, which are increasingly coming under pressure from both internal and external forces of change including alternative, but ...
Awgachew, S.
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Flintan, Fiona E.
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Bekure, S.
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[Participatory rangeland management planning and its implementation in Ethiopia]
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Participatory rangeland management planning and its implementation in Ethiopia
Analyzes the problems of overstocking & range degradation encountered at the Nojane Ranches developed under the First Livestock Development Project in Botswana, with particular reference to stocking trends on the ranches and the financial implications of stock control as a solution to the problems.
Discusses the livestock marketing & transport systems in sub-Saharan Africa, with particular reference to the characteristics of auction & traditional markets; dif. forms of transport, viz. trekking, rail, truck & boat transport; market organization, esp. regarding concentration of market power, ...
Bekure, S.
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McDonald, I.
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[Movement and marketing systems for live animals in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Movement and marketing systems for live animals in sub-Saharan Africa
Examines the need and methods for studying livestock markets and routinely collect time series data on prices of livestock at local, regional and terminal markets, outlining a method for setting up a systematic collection and analysis of livestock market information. Presents a simplifed livestoc...
Discusses ways of studying economics of household level activities in pastoral production systems, with particular reference to the collection and analysis of data on household income and expenditure as well as resources inventory.
Reviews differences between crop production and pastoral production, considering their effects on research possibilities; and describes basic methods that may be used to collect household level data, esp. informal & formal surveys, enumeration and the use of questionnaires.