Livestock Production Systems and Environmental Interactions: Producer Response to Climate and Market Changes in the River Njoro Watershed, Kenya
Abstract: In developing countries, the past two decades have witnessed changes in market structure, climate and demographic characteristics resulting in fast growth in the demand for […]
- Date of Publication: April 2009
- Author(s): Daniel Kyalo; Muhia Njeri
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Climate Change, Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Bayesian Herders: Updating of Rainfall Beliefs in Response to External Forecasts
Abstract: Temporal climate risk weighs heavily on many of the world’s poor. Model-based climate forecasts could benefit such populations, provided recipients use forecast information to update […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): Travis J. Lybbert; Christopher B. Barrett; John G. McPeak; Winnie K. Luseno
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Climate Change
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Assessing the Value of Climate Forecast Information for Pastoralists: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya
Abstract: Climatic variability exerts tremendous influence on the livelihoods and well-being of pastoralists in the Horn of Africa. Recent advances in climate forecasting technologies have raised […]
- Date of Publication: 2003
- Author(s): Winnie K. Luseno; John G. McPeak; Christopher B. Barrett; Peter D. Little; Getachew Gebru
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Climate Change
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
When deserts flood: risk management and climatic processes among East African pastoralists
Abstract: Pastoral populations of East Africa confront multiple risks associated with drought, food shortages and insecurity. In this arid region, drought is a ‘normal’ event and […]
- Date of Publication: 12/4/2001
- Author(s): Peter D. Little; Hussein Mahmoud; D. Layne Coppock
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Climate Change, Food Security
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Climate Forecasting for Pastoralists?
Abstract: A survey was conducted during 2001 among 323 pastoral and agro-pastoral households in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia to assess the use and value of […]
- Date of Publication: December 2001
- Author(s): Chris Barrett
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Climate Change
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
