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

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierSiwa Msangi: 0000-0002-5408-6909
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number8en
cg.placeNairobi, Kenyaen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorMsangi, Siwaen
dc.contributor.authorSignorelli, Saraen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:23:36Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:23:36Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147977
dc.titleMaintaining resilience in the ASALs of Kenya: A perspective on stocking rates in extensive livestock systemsen
dcterms.abstractIn 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMsangi, 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/10568/147977en
dcterms.extent16 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfTechnical Report Series No. 2: Strengthening the Evidence Base for Resilience in the Horn of Africaen
dcterms.issued2016-03-25
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-SA-3.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/130246en
dcterms.subjectgrazingen
dcterms.subjectshocken
dcterms.subjectsurveysen
dcterms.subjectforageen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectarid zonesen
dcterms.subjectpastoralismen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectresilienceen
dcterms.typeReport

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