Pastoral chicken production trends: the case of Mashuru and Loitoktok Divisions in Kajiado district, Kenya

dc.contributor.author	Ndathi, Aphaxard J. N.
dc.contributor.author	Kirwa, Cheptarus E.
dc.contributor.author	Muthiani, E. N.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-03-24T06:24:40Z
dc.date.available	2015-03-24T06:24:40Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.citation	Livestock Research for Rural Development 22 (7) 2010	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0121-3784
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd22/7/chep22124.htm
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.seku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1088
dc.description.abstract	A household survey was carried out to characterize chicken production and consumption among the maa speaking pastoral community in two divisions in Kajiado district. The study indicated that the enterprise is new in the area with majority of households having started after the year 2000. Other than the common constraints of shortage of labour, feeds, predation, pests and diseases in chicken production, pastoral mobility, distance from the markets and cultural beliefs were found to discourage keeping of chicken in these pastoral areas.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Centro para la Investigación en Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria	en_US
dc.subject	Emerging livestock	en_US
dc.subject	indigenous chicken	en_US
dc.subject	Maasai	en_US
dc.subject	technology adoption	en_US
dc.title	Pastoral chicken production trends: the case of Mashuru and Loitoktok Divisions in Kajiado district, Kenya	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US