A5075352147- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
University of Nairobi
2015
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
2015
Dryland livestock production systems are changing in many parts of the world, as a result growing human populations and associated pressure on water land. Based combination social natural science methods, we studied 30-year transformation process from pastoralism to livestock-based agro-pastoral system northwestern Kenya, with overall aim increase understanding ongoing transition towards intensified agro-pastoralist dryland East Africa. Key this was use enclosures for land rehabilitation,...
Abstract Rehabilitating degraded rangelands using enclosures offers various benefits to agro‐pastoral households. However, enclosure cannot be generalized as there are variations across dryland ecosystems and societies. This study assessed the qualitative quantitative derived from rehabilitating private in Chepareria, West Pokot County, Kenya. Dry‐season grazing reserves, healthier livestock, improved livestock productivity, easier management, food security, reduced animal losses, ecosystem...
Previous studies in drylands have shown that while gender roles are becoming more flexible, privatization and formalization of land tenure tends to marginalize women environmental degradation leads differential changes workload. Chepareria, a ward West Pokot County, has undergone the above-mentioned is nowadays dominated by private enclosures as management approach. This study reviewed which ways these rangeland influenced dryland systems Chepareria Pokot, with specific regard division...
The enclosure system is an increasingly popular approach for land rehabilitation among communities inhabiting the arid and semi-arid lands in Africa. However, mixed results associated with its adoption by households call in-depth understanding of management regimes. This study was conducted Chepareria ward West Pokot County to characterize regimes determine factors which influence their choice agropastoralists Chepareria. Enclosures were mainly used livestock-based agropastoralism (78.3 %)...
The adoption and adaptation of enclosures in the arid semi-arid rangelands sub-Saharan Africa is driven sustained by a combination factors. However, reviews indicate that these factors cannot be generalized, as they tend to case specific. A study was therefore conducted explore history reasons for enclosure establishment Chepareria, formerly degraded communal rangeland north-western Kenya. While Vi-Agroforestry Organization accounting 52.5 % main source knowledge on establishment; it has now...