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The impacts of land use changes on livelihood of the Maasai community in Kajiado county, Kenya
(Dept. of Geography, Bahir Dar University, 2015-02-27)
This paper assesses impacts of land use changes on livelihoods and subsequent
environmental degradation in Amboseli ecosystem of Southern Kenya. The paper employed
field surveys using questionnaires, interview and focus ...
The impacts of land use changes on the Maasai community in Kajiado county, Kenya
(Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies & Management, 2015-02-27)
This paper assesses impacts of land use changes on livelihoods and subsequent
environmental degradation in Amboseli ecosystem of Southern Kenya. The paper employed
field surveys using questionnaires, interview and focus ...
The effects of communal land sub-division and land use changes on household waste production in the southern rangelands of Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2015-02-28)
In the past few decades, the inhabitants of now Kajiado County in the southern rangelands of Kenya have experienced changes in land tenure and in land use that have impacted other aspects of their livelihoods as well as ...
Control ticks
(2003)
Ticks impact human and animal health worldwide and new control methods are needed to circumvent drawbacks of tick control by acaricide application including selection of drug resistant ticks and environmental pollution. ...
Community participation in afforestation and agroforestry programmes in kenya: the influence of biophysical environmental in the case of Teso district
(2000)
On global scale, community participation in various activities is the core in the quest for
sustainable development and environmental protection related issues. Community involvement
in tree planting in Kenya is as old ...
Species abundance, food preference and nutritive value of goat diets in the semi-arid lands of east-central Kenya
(ILRI, 1996)
The key forage species and nutrient composition of forage species preferred by free-ranging East African goats in rangelands of eastern-central Kenya were determined. One hundred and five forage species were identified ...
Manure Management Risks and Ownership of Peri-Urban Poultry Enterprises in Western Kenya
(2013)
Ownership profile and management practices of peri-urban poultry units in four urban centres in Kenya; namely
Bungoma, Eldoret, Kakamega and Kisumu were evaluated. Questionnaire surveys and interviews were used among 475 ...
Environmental hazards in peri-urban poultry farming in western Kenya
(2015)
Poultry keeping is popular in peri-urban centres of Kenya. Poultry wastes arising from
intensive poultry units may become too large to be absorbed in the immediate areas of
production as crop plots and gardens decrease ...
Effects of supplementation on cows with impaired fertility in Koibatek and Nakuru districts Kenya
(1999)
In a survey conducted in 1996, 82 and 60 cows with impaired fertility were found on 63 and 53 farms in Koibatek District and Bahati division, Nakuru district, respectively. These cows were appraised visually for body ...
An introduction to animal husbandry in the tropics.
(Orgz, 2001)
The new edition of this comprehensive handbook on animal husbandry has been greatly revised and expanded. The basic principles, including adaptation, animal health, animal breeding and animal nutrition in tropical climates, ...