Maintaining resilience in the ASALs of Kenya: A perspective on stocking rates in extensive livestock systems

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dc.creatorMsangi, Siwa
dc.creatorSignorelli, Sara
dc.date2016-03-25
dc.date2024-06-21T09:23:36Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:23:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:06:15Z
dc.descriptionIn this analysis, we make use of household level data to illustrate some very basic characteristics of pastoral livestock keepers, so that we can represent their behavior and adjustment to environmental shocks. This approach enables us to highlight some critical dimensions of vulnerability, and point to potential avenues for strengthening their resilience. Overall, the dryland regions of Kenya face high and widespread vulnerability to hunger, caused by a number of proximate factors; including weakness of infrastructure, governance, and exposure to climatic variability. A significant portion of arable land is arid or semi-arid, and crop-based agriculture is difficult to maintain in those areas. The heavy dependence of the extensive livestock systems in that region on the highly-variable availability of forage and herbaceous biomass is one of the key sources of vulnerability faced by livestock keepers.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147977
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/94638
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Livestock Research Institute
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMsangi, Siwa and Signorelli, Sara. 2016. Maintaining resilience in the ASALs of Kenya: A perspective on stocking rates in extensive livestock systems. Technical Report Series No. 2: Strengthening the Evidence Base for Resilience in the Horn of Africa, Report 9. Nairobi, Kenya: A joint International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) publication. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147977
dc.subjectgrazing
dc.subjectshock
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.subjectforage
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectarid zones
dc.subjectpastoralism
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.subjectresilience
dc.titleMaintaining resilience in the ASALs of Kenya: A perspective on stocking rates in extensive livestock systems
dc.typeReport

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