Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Ranching"
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Price response of herd off-take under market liberalization in a developing cattle sector: panel analysis applied to Kenya's ranching
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2009-04)The influence of price, in view of macro-economic policy change and a set of other factors, on herd off-take rates from ranches in Kenya over a period of 17 years was assessed. An AR(1) equation, based on Nerlove's classical ... -
Seasonal energy extraction patterns by agropastoral herds in semiarid south-eastern Kenyaa
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, 2009)primary energy extraction patterns by livestock under agropastoralism anci ranching were investigated by the bite count method in semiarid south-eastern Kenya. Sward biomass for optimal energy intake by cattle was derived ...