Presents a case study from a group ranch in southeastern Kajiado district in Kenyas Maasailand. Outlines the role of dairy production in the system and examines variations by wealth status in milking strategies and the level of milk offtake for human consumption.
Grandin, B.E.
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[Wealth and pastoral dairy production: A case study from Maasailand]
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Wealth and pastoral dairy production: A case study from Maasailand
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.
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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
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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[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
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Solomon Bekure
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Grandin, B.E.
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[Aspects of livestock productivity in Maasai group ranches in Kenya]
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Aspects of livestock productivity in Maasai group ranches in Kenya