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Factors influencing transient poverty among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid areas of Kenya

Nyariki, Dickson M.; Elhadi, A. Yazan; Wasonga, V. O.; Ekaya, W. N. (African Crop Science Society, 2012)

In Africa, many pastoral households are increasingly settling in response to curtailed mobility and shrinking grazing areas. Households in pastoral areas are characterised by few resources, low income, low level of human ...
Grass Reseeding Technology as a Means of Rehabilitating Degraded Lands and Improving Livelihoods of Agro-pastoral Communities in Semi-arid Kenya

Nyariki, Dickson M.; Mganga, Kevin Z.; Musimba, Nashon K. R.; Nyangito, M. M.; Mwang’ombe, Agnes W.; Ekaya, W. N.; Muiru, W. M.; Clavel, D.; Francis, J.; Von Kaufmann, R.; Verhagen, J. (2011)

Land degradation is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Sub-Saharan Africa. Fighting land degradation is essential to ensure the sustainable and long-term productivity of the inhabited semi-arid lands. Cenchrus ...
Improving soil hydrological properties of denuded semi-arid rangeland in southeastern Kenya using reseeding technology

Mganga, Kevin Z.; Musimba, Nashon K. R.; Nyangito, M. M.; Nyariki, Dickson M.; Ekaya, W. N.; Mwang’ombe, Agnes W. (2010-09)

A study was conducted to establish the contribution of Eragrostis superba, Enteropogon macrostachyus and Cenchrus ciliaris in improving soil hydrological properties in semi-arid Kenya. Kamphorst rainfall simulator was ...
Influence of seed bed preparation on morphometric characteristics of Eragrostis superba, Cenchrus ciliaris and Enteropogon macrostachyus in southeastern drylands of Kenya

Nyariki, Dickson M.; Omondi, F. E. O.; Ekaya, W. N. (2010-09)

This study compared over a 6-month period effects of tractor- ploughing and hand-clearing seedbed preparation on morphometric characteristics of three arid and semi-arid grass species, namely; Eragrostis superba ...
The nutritional value of Zizyphus spina-christi for goat production among the pastoralists of Kalu district, South Wello, Ethiopia

Musimba, Nashon K. R.; Dawd, K. Y.; Ekaya, W. N.; Farah, K. O. (National Inquiry Services Centre, 2003)

Fifteen yearling goats of similar weight were used to evaluate the potential of Zizyphus spina-christi leaves as a supplement to goats fed on Cynodon dactylon grass. Animals were randomly assigned to five feeding regimes ...
Transient poverty among pastoral households in the semi-arid lowland of Baringo district, Kenya

Nyariki, Dickson M.; Elhadi, Yazan A. M.; Wasonga, V. O.; Ekaya, W. N. (2012)

This study was carried out in Baringo District of Kenya to determine poverty among sedentary and semi-nomadic pastoral households. Results indicate that the sedentary agro- pastoralists tend to diversify their sources ...

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