Common Range, Different Tribes: Explaining Resource Use, Management and Productivity among the Akamba, Orma and Somali in the former Eastern Statelands of Kenya
Date
2004Author
Nyariki, Dickson M
Abeele, Jan Van den
Type
ArticleLanguage
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This paper describes the major livelihood activities of three ethnic communities who use in common
the former Kenyan Eastern Statelands. It also looks at how the livelihoods and the range could be improved while
maintaining the common access to resources, so as to avoid potential conflicts. It is suggested that for improvement
of range management the unsettled lands should be accessed by all the communities under ranching societies without
having to exclude non-members. A number of approaches should be instituted, including bush control and reseeding.
Bush control can be achieved through exploitation of trees of low timber value for charcoal production to earn
income for households. To increase livestock productivity, it is proposed that proper livestock and grazing management
be practised, including the introduction of superior breeds, improved livestock facilities, adequate animal healthcare
and rotational grazing through paddocking
Citation
Nyariki, D.M and Abeele, J(2004). Common Range, Different Tribes: Explaining Resource Use, Management and Productivity among the Akamba, Orma and Somali in the former Eastern Statelands of Kenya. Studies in Tribes Tribals, 2(1): 55-63 (2004)Publisher
Department of Range Management, University of Nairobi
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Journal article