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
Reviews the appropriateness of three major assumptions underlying pastoral development in East Africa, viz, economic irrationality of pastoralists, the unchanged nature of pastoral production systems, and the applicability of western models to pastoral development.
Grandin, B.E.
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[Culture pastorale et getstion des parcaus: Observations recentesfaits en pays masai]
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Culture pastorale et getstion des parcaus: Observations recentesfaits en pays masai
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.
,
[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
Reviews the appropriateness of three major assumptions underlying pastoral development in East Africa, viz, economic irrationality of pastoralists, the unchanged nature of pastoral production systems, and the applicability of western models to pastoral development.
Grandin, B.E.
,
[Pastoral culture and range management: Recent lessons from Maasailand]
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Pastoral culture and range management: Recent lessons from Maasailand
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]
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Aspects of livestock productivity in Maasai group ranches in Kenya