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Title: Pastoral chicken production trends: the case of Mashuru and Loitoktok Divisions in Kajiado district, Kenya
Authors: Ndathi, Aphaxard J. N.
Kirwa, Cheptarus E.
Muthiani, E. N.
Keywords: Emerging livestock
indigenous chicken
Maasai
technology adoption
Issue Date: 2010
Publisher: Centro para la Investigación en Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria
Citation: Livestock Research for Rural Development 22 (7) 2010
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.
URI: http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd22/7/chep22124.htm
http://repository.seku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1088
ISSN: 0121-3784
Appears in Collections:School of Agriculture, Environment, Water and Natural Resources Management (JA)

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