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
Presents results of a survey designed to determine the effects of distance to market, family wealth, and season on the quantity of dairy products sold per person and per lactating animal. Quantifies the contribution of dairy marketing to the household economy on an annual and seasonal basis and a...
Holden, S.J.
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Coppock, D.L.
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[Effects of distance to market, season, and family wealth on pastoral dairy marketing in Ethiopia]
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Effects of distance to market, season, and family wealth on pastoral dairy marketing in Ethiopia
In much of rural Africa, livestock represent one of the major individual stores of material wealth. The way in which this wealth is perceived and used will have an important effect on the prospects for sustained agricultural Development and resource management. The study of the changing socio-eco...
Turner, M.
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[Changing uses of wealth stores by rural smallholders: Description of an approach used for longitudinal analysis of livestock transactions in the Sahel]
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Changing uses of wealth stores by rural smallholders: Description of an approach used for longitudinal analysis of livestock transactions in the Sahel
Discusses the importance of wealth differences among producers in traditional pastoral production systems, describing a rapid method, dependent on informants, for determining the wealth rank of producers within a given community in order to stratify a population of producers before sampling.
Grandin, B.E.
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[The importance of wealth effects on pastoral production: A rapid method of wealth ranking]
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The importance of wealth effects on pastoral production: A rapid method of wealth ranking