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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

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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

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Honey Production, Processing, Quality, and Marketing in the Mountains of Northern Kenya

Abstract: Improving risk management for rangeland inhabitants can involve income diversification. Honey production is one possibility, as some locals already do it using traditional means. To […]

  • Date of Publication: December 2007
  • Author(s): Moses Lengarite; Anastasia Kagunyu; Francis Wayua
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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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

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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

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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

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Analysis of the November 2005- April 2006 Drought in Kenya

Abstract: Increasing frequency of drought occurrences and a decline in the capacity of traditional mechanisms to deal with this situation is increasingly becoming a serious threat […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2006
  • Author(s): Robert Kaitho; Joseph Ndungu; Jerry Stuth; Gatarwa Kariuki; Abdi Jama
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Kazakstan February 2006 Trip Report – Kerven

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  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): Carol Kerven
  • Type of Document: Project Document

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Improving production, resesarch and marketing of cashmere in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

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  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): Global Livestock CRSP
  • Type of Document: Project Document

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Are Household Production Decisions Cocoperative? Evidence on Pastoralmigration and Milk Sales from Northern Kenya

Abstract: Market-based development efforts frequently create opportunities to generate income from goods previously produced and consumed within the household. Production within the household is often characterized […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): John G. McPeak; Cheryl R. Doss
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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