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
Reports on a study carried out by ILCA in Kenya, on the Maasai pastoral system with ref. to providing milk primarily for calves & secondly for human subsistence. Notes the systems better level of productivity as compared to other pastoral systems in Africa due to its low calf mortality, better ca...
Semenye, P.P.
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Leeuw, P.N. de
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[Milk for calves or man in a Maasai pastoral system in East Africa]
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Milk for calves or man in a Maasai pastoral system in East Africa
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