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    Natural resources management on the Niger-Nigerian border: reasons to be cheerful?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Do we understand enough about the impact of demographic change on natural resources management (NRM), farm investment and household income strategies in semi-arid areas? Is eco-disaster around the corner, or does land scarcity encourage investment in productivity-enhancing and land-conserving technologies? How should policy initiatives combine poverty reduction with environmental improvement?
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    A rights-based approach to pastoral development: lessons from Kenya

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Myths about the life style of pastoralists have long bedeviled development projects designed to meet their needs. Does the aid community understand the increasing vulnerability of pastoral people to the effects of drought and conflict? How can displaced pastoralists be helped to overcome poverty and re-establish disrupted livelihoods?
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    Awash with weaponry: can communities disarm themselves?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    As a result of a combination of decades of poor governance and a fragile ecological system characterised by recurrent drought, the pastoral regions of northern Kenya are caught in a vicious cycle of violent conflicts that fuel poverty and diminish the prospects for development. This is all made worse by the easy availability of arms. What causes the proliferation of small arms?
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    Herd instinct?: A better deal for African pastoralists

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 1999
    Pastoralists in east Africa, once seen as backward and illiterate and criticised by policy makers for their supposed mismanagement of herds and natural resources, are now perceived as rational, productive and highly skilled livestock keepers. Yet, how can rising poverty, extreme levels of conflict, and competition for land be overcome?
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    Facilitating learning in agricultural extension work: lessons from western Kenya

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Declining soil fertility is a major problem in the highlands of western Kenya. How can farmers improve their soil fertility management strategies? Can participatory techniques aid this process?
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    Parks beyond Parks: Genuine community-based wildlife eco-tourism or just another loss of land for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya?

    Drylands Programme, IIED, 2002
    This paper provides an analysis of the Kenyan ‘Parks beyond parks’ programme which attempts to introduce a community based social component to their parks management policies by allowing locals to establish eco-tourism projects adjacent to parks.
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    Promoting research-policy dialogues: lessons from four studies of dryland development in sub-Saharan Africa

    Drylands Research, 2003
    The paper follows up a workshop on Livelihood transformations in semi-arid Africa 1960-2000: policy lessons from farmers. Investment strategies in Kenya, Senegal, Niger and northern Nigeria which discussed a programme of endorsement and dissemination work (funded by DFID) carried out in 2001-2 in Kenya, Senegal, Niger and Nigeria.
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    Livelihood transformation in semi-arid Africa 1960-2000: proceedings of a workshop

    Drylands Research, 2003
    This paper reports on a workshop held to present results of research on livelihood transformations in four African countries (Kenya, Senegal, Niger and Nigeria) looking at long-term change and farmer investments in natural resource-based livelihoods, which focussed on district-level studies (Makueni District in Kenya, Diourbel Region in Senegal, Maradi Department in Niger and the Kano region (mai
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    Minimum standards and guidelines for training community-based animal health workers in Kenya

    Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 2003
    This document was produced by the Kenya Veterinary Board in consultation with numerous agencies involved in community-based animal health (CAH) care in Kenya.
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    Fractal poverty traps: implications for poverty reduction strategies in Kenya

    Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University, 2003
    This paper exercises the notion of “fractal poverty traps” to explore appropriate poverty reduction strategies for rural Kenya. Priorities from the Kenya Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper are compared with those emanating from district dialogues and village-level priorities.

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