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Does the Type of Income Generating Activity Caregivers Engage in Influence Children’s Animal Source Food Consumption?

Abstract: We tested the hypothesis that children of caregivers engaged in Animal Source Food (ASF)-related Income Generating Activities (IGA) were more likely to consume ASF than […]

  • Date of Publication: January 2008
  • Author(s): Aaron Christian; Anna Lartey; Esi Colecraft; Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson; Grace S. Marquis
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Can Collective Action and Capacity Building Reduce Vulnerability Among Settled Pastoralists?

Abstract: In 2001 PARIMA and her partners began to create collective-action groups among illiterate, settled pastoralists in southern Ethiopia. These groups–dominated by women–focused on savings-led microfinance, […]

  • Date of Publication: December 2007
  • Author(s): D. Layne Coppock; Solomon Desta; Getachew Gebru; Seyoum Tezera
  • 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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Consumer Perceptions on the Quality and Marketing of Milk in Moyale, Kenya

Abstract: Pastoral income diversification can depend on increasing market involvements. One option is for pastoralists to sell more dairy products to local towns. We used focus-groups […]

  • Date of Publication: December 2007
  • Author(s): Francis O. Wayua; Mohamed G. Shibia; Moses S. Mamo
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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PEACE : Pastoral Engagement, Adaptation, and Capacity Enhancement

The PEACE project is focused on the development of the extensive livestock sector by supporting policy planning, pastoral land tenure conflict resolution, and introduction of GL-CRSP […]

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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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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

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Do Pastoral Husbands and Wives in Northern Kenya View Milk Markets Differently?

Abstract: Efforts to develop market opportunities are a key element of the current USAID agricultural strategy. In this study, we illustrate how milk marketing in two […]

  • Date of Publication: December 2006
  • Author(s): John McPeak; Cheryl Doss
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Cashmere in Kazakhstan: A Marketing Update

Abstract: Marketing of cashmere

  • Date of Publication: August 2006
  • Author(s): Carol Kerven; Berik Aryngaziev; Hilary Redden; Aidos Smailov
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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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

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