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.
,
Leeuw, P.N. de
,
Grandin, B.E.
,
Neate, Paul J.H.
,
[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
,
Bekure, S.
,
Grandin, B.E.
,
[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
Discusses interrelationships among population growth, cultural values and range management in pastoralist systems of production taking the case of the Maasai in 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
,
Solomon Bekure
,
Grandin, B.E.
,
[Aspects of livestock productivity in Maasai group ranches in Kenya]
,
Aspects of livestock productivity in Maasai group ranches in Kenya