Public Engagement to Prioritize the Pastoral Research Agenda at the Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Research Center of OARI in Ethiopia
Abstract: The Oromia Agricultural Research Institute (OARI) has a mandate to conduct agricultural and livestock research throughout the Regional State of Oromia in Ethiopia. OARI has […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): Getachew Gebru; Lemma Gizachew; Sintayehu Mesele; Mohammed Hassena; Solomon Desta; D. Layne Coppock
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Informal Institutions and Cross-border Livestock Trade in the Horn of Africa
Abstract: Trans-border trade in livestock in sub-Saharan Africa plays critical roles in meeting regional food security needs and generating incomes for thousands of herders and traders. […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): Peter D. Little
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
From Herd Diversification to Livelihood Diversification as a Response to Poverty: The Case of the Waso Boran of Northern Kenya
Abstract: The Waso Boran of northern Kenya used to have large, mobile, and diverse herds of livestock that exploited equally large and diverse rangelands. Forty years […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): Abdullahi D. Jillo; Abdillahi A. Aboud; D. Layne Coppock
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Productivity
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Changes in Land Cover and Soil Conditions for the Yabelo District of the Borana Plateau, 1973-2003
Abstract: It has been proposed that the Borana Plateau has markedly changed in terms of land cover and land use in recent decades, but no hard […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): Sintayehu Mesele; Heluf Gebrekidan; Lemma Gizachew; D. Layne Coppock
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Productivity
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Empirical Forecasting of Slow-Onset Disasters for Improved Emergency Response: An Application to Kenya’s Arid Lands
Abstract: Slow-onset food crises associated with drought and loss of livestock in Kenya’s arid lands routinely require emergency food aid and water distribution, livestock off-take, and […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): Andrew G. Mude; Christopher B. Barrett; John G. McPeak; Robert Kaitho; Patti Kristjanson
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Productivity
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Variation in Risk Perceptions Across Individuals, Time, and Space: Evidence from Pastoral East Africa
Abstract: We analyzed risk rankings perceived by pastoralists for over two years during 2000-2002 that lived in multiple locations in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. We […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): Cheryl Doss; Christopher Barrett; John McPeak
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Development Priorities in the Rangelands of Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia: Results of a Ranking Exercise Among Pastoralists
Abstract: This study investigates development priorities of individuals living in arid and semi-arid areas of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia that are predominantly used for pastoral […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): John McPeak; Cheryl Doss; Christopher Barrett
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Policy
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Community Perceptions Concerning Key Ecological Resources at Risk in Baringo District, Kenya
Abstract: Key ecological resources in arid and semi-arid lands are often characterized by small patches of seasonal grazing and important water points that lend critical support […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): Mark N. Mutinda; Abdillahi A. Aboud; D. Layne Coppock
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Constraints on the Use of Animal Source Foods for Young Children in Ghana: A Participatory Rapid Appraisal Approach
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: 10/1/2006
- Author(s): Esi Colecraft; Grace S. Marquis; Richmond Aryeetey; Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson; Anna Lartey; Benjamin Ahunu; Emmanuel Canacoo; Lorna M. Butler; Manju B. Reddy; Helen H. Jensen; Elisabeth Huff- Lonergan
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Application of Information Communication Technology in Developing a National Livestock Marketing Information System: The Case of Kenya
Abstract: Marketing remains one of the greatest challenges in the development of the livestock industry in Kenya. In spite of the emergence of organized market intelligence […]
- Date of Publication: August 2006
- Author(s): Gatarwa Kariuki; Robert Kaitho
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
