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Poverty dynamics in rural Kenya and Madagascar
(2004-10)
DESPITE TWO DECADES OF MARKET-ORIENTED REFORMS
throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, poverty rates
increased, and the sense has spread that the “Washington
Consensus” approach of getting macroeconomic policy
and prices ...
Effects of dehydration and heat stress on food intake and dry matter digestibility in East African ruminants
(2008)
Comparative investigations were made between wild and domestic ruminants from arid and semi-arid regions and those species from non-arid areas in an attempt to evaluate the adaptations of these ruminants in terms of the ...
14. Sustainability as an Outcome of Transformative Learning
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Universities in particular have a responsibility to create space for alternative thinking.
They have a profound role to play in developing students’ dynamic qualities or so-called
competencies. They will need these ...
Teaching Sustainability with the Earth Charter
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
This chapter introduces the Earth Charter and discusses its value as a tool for teaching
about sustainable development in the university classroom. The chapter includes examples
of how some U.S. faculty members are using ...
Cattle Keeping Practices Of The Orma People A Household Survey In Tana River District, Kenya
(2000)
Trypanosomosis, a disease mainly transmitted by tsetse flies, is widespread
throughout the humid and sub-humid areas of Africa. For centuries the disease
has taken its toll on cattle and people living in tsetse-infested ...
Formalisation of Village Peace Committees in the Karamoja Cluster A Consultancy Report
(2001)
Nomadic livestock production is the backbone of the economy of pastoral communities in
the Karamoja cluster. However, widespread and uncontrolled livestock raiding is
currently threatening the success of this enterprise. ...