Kenya and Agriculture and food
- Capital:
Nairobi - Population:
40046566 - Size:
582650.0 Km2
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- The BLDS agriculture collection
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Search for the latest agriculture-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Plant variety protection: a means to food security, or a legal system undercutting the rights of farmers?
- GRAIN, 1999
- The Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) claim the introduction of plant variety protection (a form of patent law) will contribute to food security, sustainable agriculture, and the protection of the environment ...
- Donors should be more discriminating when deciding which African countries will benefit from aid
- World Bank, 2001
- This article explores comparatively, the effect and effectiveness of aid in different African countries (10 case studies). More specifically the article investigates the following questions: are there common char...
- Water tenure in Kenya and Tanzania: what is the role of community responses and legal regimes?
- C. Huggins / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
- This paper looks at the water policy of Tanzania, and makes comparisons with the situation in Kenya. It focuses especially on recent attempts to move towards a participatory, demand-management approach to rural water supply. This focu...
- What aspects of state formation and international structure can explain conflict in the Horn of Africa?
- M.D. McGinnis / Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, 1999
- This paper begins with an introduction of a synthesis and analysis of the complex patterns of international wars and internal conflicts in the Horn of Africa over the past four decades. The paper then discusses the relevant aspects of...
- A cross-continental biotechnology research indicator survey
- C.A. Falconi / International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1999
- Paper reports on ISNAR biotechnology research indicator survey of four national agricultural research systems (Mexico, Kenya, Indonesia, and Zimbabwe) aimed at providing an overview of their agricultural biotechnology research capacit...
- Livestock is proportionally more important to the poor than the better off
- C. Heffernan; F. Misturelli / Livestock Development Studies Group, 2000
- The study devised a simplified livelihood approach to analyse the role of livestock in the livelihoods of the poor . The research found that livestock were proportionally more important to the livelihood of the poor than the be...
- What sort of change has there been in northern and south-central Kenya?
- M. Jacobs; L. Coppock / Pastoral Risk Management on East African Rangelands (at Utah State University), 1999
- This review explores environmental change in northern and south-central Kenya, roughly covering three decades from the 1960s to the 1990s. The report answers three questions: has vegetation change occurred in these dist...
- Serious changes are required in the Kenyan government's attitude towards pastoral groups to stop escalation of violence
- J.O. Osamba / African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2000
- Report from a study which analyses new forms of banditry and cattle rustling in north-western Kenya. It claims that that banditry and cattle rustling are serious threats to internal security, rule of law and democratic governance and ...
- Pastoral groups in East Africa need to engage in policy debate
- C. Hesse; M. Ochieng Odhiambo / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2001
- This concept note explores initiatives aiming at supporting pastoral civil society in East Africa. The goals of the initiative include: create conditions such that pastoral groups can play a more effective and vi...
- Effects of Agricultural Commercialization on Food Crop Input Use and Productivity in Kenya
- P.J. Strasberg; T.S. Jayne; T. Yamano; J. Nyoro; D. Karanja; J. Strauss / Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1999
- Analyses the effects of smallholder commercialization on foodcrop input use and productivity in rural Kenya. The main research issues were: To examine the determinants of smallholder fertilizer use on food crops, with ...
- Tegemeo Institute of Agriculture policy and Development
- Tegemeo Institute conducts Research and Analysis on policy in the domain of agriculture, rural development, natural resources and environment. The Institute aims at addressing micro and macroeconomic policy issues bearing on farming, transportation, processing, marketing, and trade of agricultural products and inputs; sustainability of agricultural systems and natural resources as well as the envi...
- African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)
- The African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) was initiated in Durban, South Africa, during the 25th International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) conference, and was officially launched during in 2004. AAAE publishes the African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE). The journal aims to publish original research about how African agricul...
- Africancrops.net
- Information on use of GM crops and seed systems in Africa
- Land Use Change, Impacts and Dynamics (LUCID)
- LUCID network, stimulating research on land use and global change in east Africa
- Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, Kenya (Tegemeo)
- Agricultural research and policy institute
- Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN)
- Aims to improve the development practices of community development workers in the East African drylands by facilitating the exchange of experience among them, and disseminating appropriate information in a usable form
- Community Animal Health Network (CAHNET)
- A community animal health network for the dissemination and sharing of experiences and information
- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya (KARI)
- National institute researching food security in Kenya
- Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU (IPST)
- A participatory approach to improving veterinary services in Africa
- Kenya Pastoralist Forum, Nairobi (KPF)
- Highlights the political oppression of Kenyan pastoralists within a Human Rights perspective
