dc.contributor.author | Ameso, Edwin Ambani , | |
dc.contributor.other | Salome Atieno Bukachi,Charles Owuor Olungah,Tobias Haller | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-09T08:25:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-09T08:25:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/103402 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper focuses on establishing actors and their roles in the slaughterhouse processes in the Nanyuki slaughterhouse
of Laikipia County. This is understood through the lens of the food system approach, based on the study findings of an
anthropological study of pastoralism in Laikipia County, Kenya. This paper is guided by the specific objectives aimed at
establishing the actors and their roles and describing the effects that institutional settings and changes have on
slaughterhouse operations. Using a new institutionalism approach in social anthropology, the paper focuses not only on
the actors and their roles but also on how externally shaped beef prices and standards shape the rules regulating access
to the food processing processes for pastoral actors. We argue that this has an impact on pastoral economies and the
question if and how pastoralists are able to benefit from this change in the food system. The study also identifies
institutional settings and changes related to management, security and health concerns that impact the slaughterhouse
operations and processes resulting from the dispensation of the devolved system of governance in the country. Data
collection was through key informant interviews and unstructured observation of the slaughterhouse. The findings reveal
economic and social relationships among actors involved in slaughterhouse operations and processes. The study also
identified changes in formal institutional settings that impact the slaughterhouse operations, notably movement and
no-objection permits as well as transportation and condemnation certifications. As a result, increased scholarship is
recommended into slaughterhouse operations and processes as a means to understand the value addition that
pastoralism has on the economic and food sustainability of the pastoral regions, counties and the nation as a whole.
Keywords: Slaughterhouse operations, Institutional changes, Certifications, Meat condemnation, Food sustainability | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | UoN | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.title | Ethnography Of The Slaughterhouse A Case Of Nanyuki Slaughterhouse In Laikipia County, Rift Valley, Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |