An Innovation System in the rangelands: Using collective action to diversify livelihoods among settled pastoralists in Ethiopia
Book featuring article on collective action by Desta and Coppock (“An Innovation System in the rangelands: Using collective action to diversify livelihoods among settled pastoralists in […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): Desta; Coppock
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Verification of Simulation Model and Landscape Map Results for Near Real Time Forage Monitoring in the Gobi Region of Mongolia
Abstract: Assessment of vegetation productivity on rangelands using conventional methods such as clipping can be very time consuming and expensive, and becomes very impractical to do […]
- Date of Publication: January 2008
- Author(s): Jay Angerer; L. Bolor-Erdene; M. Urgamal
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Innovation, Productivity
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Collective Action Among Agro-pastoralists in Baringo District, Kenya: Identifying and Nurturing the Entrepreneurs
Abstract: The rural population of Baringo District in the Rift Valley of north-central Kenya faces numerous challenges including widespread environmental degradation and poverty. The region has […]
- Date of Publication: December 2007
- Author(s): Mark N. Mutinda; Stellamaris K. Muthoka; Abdillahi A. Aboud; D. Layne Coppock
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Productivity
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
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
Kenya Adopts LINKS Technologies to Provide Information for the National Livestock Marketing Information System
Abstract: The lack of and need for price information in many of the pastoral areas of Kenya remains a critical concern by producers, traders and policy […]
- Date of Publication: August 2006
- Author(s): Gatarwa Kariuki; Robert Kaitho
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Bridging the Gap between Agricultural Technology Development and Adoption in Northern Kenya
Abstract: Starting in 1998, the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), through its National Arid Lands Research Center (NALRC), initiated and tested new research and outreach approaches […]
- Date of Publication: December 2005
- Author(s): George A. Keya; Michael Ngutu; Amos Adongo; Isako Tura
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
WEAP as a participatory tool for shared vision planning in the River Njoro Watershed in Kenya
Abstract: This paper presents a preliminary study of the Water Evaluation And Planning System (WEAP) as a decision support tool (DST) for local stakeholders and communities […]
- Date of Publication: 2005
- Author(s): Marion W. Jenkins; Guilherme F. Marques; Francis K. Lelo; Scott N. Miller
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Natural Resource Management
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
GOBI : Forage Monitoring Technology to Improve Risk Management by Herders in the Gobi Region of Mongolia
The GOBI FORAGE project was initiated in 2004 to adapt Livestock Early Warning System (LEWS) technologies developed by the GL-CRSP in east Africa for Mongolia to […]
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2008
- Project Code: GOBI
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Capacity Building, Innovation
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
Assessing the Impact of Land Cover Change in Kenya Using Remote Sensing and Hydrologic Modeling
Abstract: Rapid land cover changes occurring in the Rift Valley of Kenya are altering the hydrologic response of critical watersheds. Four Landsat scenes from the past […]
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Author(s): Tracy J. Baldyga; Scott N. Miller; William Shivoga; Maina Gichaba
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Natural Resource Management
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
