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Nyariki, Dickson M. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Farah, K. O. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Noor, A. A. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Ngugi, R. K. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Musimba, Nashon K. R. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2015-01-20T09:07:28Z |
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dc.date.available |
2015-01-20T09:07:28Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2001 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Journal of Social Sciences, 7(4): 267-274 (2001) |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/JSS/JSS-07-0-000-000-2003-Web/JSS-07-4-249-03-Abst-PDF/JSS-07-4-267-03-054-Farah-K-O/JSS-07-4-267-03-054-Farah-K-O-Tt.pdf |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/644 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Northern Kenya, as in other sub-Saharan arid and semi-arid regions, has faced challenges related to the prevailing socio-economy, ecology and polity in the last quarter of last century. In some of these areas, pastoralists have been settled on the peri-urban fringes of towns and have been exposed to flood-retreat cultivation; a culture that has been traditionally practised by the riverine Bantu communities. From the late 1960s these pastoralists started irrigation agriculture with assistance from the government and non- governmental organisations. The outcome has been the mushrooming of irrigation schemes along rivers. This paper looks at the development of small-scale irrigation schemes and their sustainability. It also analyses their socio-economic and ecological effects on pastoral households and the dry lands, taking Garissa District as a case. Interviews, a questionnaire and existing literature on irrigation schemes were used to collect data. Logistic regressions were carried out to assess the socio-economic effects of irrigation on the pastoral households. The results show that irrigation farming plays a supplementary role in pastoral economies, takes away child labour from pastoralism and reduces pastoral mobility. The implication is that irrigation farming in arid areas does not seem to offer a long-term sustainable economic livelihood. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Kamla-Raj Enterprises |
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dc.subject |
Drylands |
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dc.subject |
irrigation farming |
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dc.subject |
pastoralism |
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dc.subject |
Northern Kenya |
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dc.subject |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
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dc.title |
The Socio-economic and Ecological Impacts of Small-scale Irrigation Schemes on Pastoralists and Drylands in Northern Kenya |
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dc.type |
Article |
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