Impacts of enclosures in rehabilitation of degraded rangelands of Turkana County, Kenya

Kigomo, Ngugi John

doi:10.5897/jene2013.0366

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“…Studies by Gaani (2002) in Somalia, Mwilawa, Komwihangilo, and Kusekwa (2008) in Tanzania, Behnke (1986) and Nedessa, Ali & Nyborg (2005) in Sudan, Mengistu et al (2005), Mekuria, Veldkamp, Halle, Muys & Gebrehiwota (2007), and Beyene (2009) in Ethiopia, and Meyerhoff (1991), Makokha et al (1999), Macharia and Ekaya (2005), Kigomo and Muturi (2013), Mureithi et al (2015), and Nyberg et al (2015) in Kenya all illustrate that enclosures are indeed a successful tool for the restoration of degraded rangelands.…”

Section: Enclosures To Be and To Staymentioning

confidence: 98%

Enclosures as a land management tool for food security in African drylands

Nyberg

Mureithi

Muricho

et al. 2019

Journal of Land Use Science

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Increasing sedentary agro-pastoralist livelihoods may be explained by land degradation, population pressure, agricultural commodification, and economic development. We reviewed scientific and 'grey' literature for the effects of enclosures on food security. Only 8% of the 114 reviewed scientific articles addressed food production, while 69% approached environmental parameters that indirectly affect food security, most of which had positive results. Thirty-one percent focused on social and economic impacts, land tenure conflicts and elite capture with negative connotations. The 'grey' literature showed an opposite balance between positive environmental views and negative socioeconomic impacts. Enclosures are not a panacea for dryland development, but their use need to be recognized and understood. Multidisciplinary research and cooperation on the applied management of enclosures in the context of food security is highly needed. Furthermore, agro-pastoralist land-use practices need more policy space and practical management support, such as clear tenure legislation, agroforestry methodologies, and support in fodder production systems.

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Section: Enclosures To Be and To Staymentioning

confidence: 98%

Enclosures as a land management tool for food security in African drylands

Nyberg

Mureithi

Muricho

et al. 2019

Journal of Land Use Science

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“…This leads to improved households' livelihoods through the provision of pasture for livestock and grass seeds for sale, in addition to the aim of rehabilitating the degraded rangelands (Kigomo and Muturi 2013;Musimba et al 2004;Kitalyi et al 2002).…”

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Value chain analysis of grass seeds in the drylands of Baringo County, Kenya: A producers’ perspective

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Pastoral households are increasingly practising fodder production in response to forage scarcity associated with land degradation, climate variability and change. Understanding the grass seed value chain is a prerequisite for developing sustainable fodder production and guiding appropriate out-scaling in the drylands. This study investigated the producers' perspectives on grass seed production, marketing and challenges faced along the grass seed value chain in Marigat SubCounty of Baringo County, Kenya. The results show that the dominant actors were the bulking and processing agents who provided inputs and were a source of grass seed market to the producers. The producers preferred contractual agreements that allowed them to sell their grass seed to markets of their choice. As independent grass seed traders allowed for seed price negotiation, they were popular amongst the producers and thus handled the most volume of seeds marketed. Drought occurrence, inability of existing outlets to purchase grass seed at times, together with low prices offered for producers' grass seed were found to be among the challenges facing the producers. There is need to strengthen the fodder groups with a possibility of registering them as cooperatives for the purpose of collective bargaining for better grass seed prices.

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“…In lieu of climate change, the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of Kenya are highly characterized by scattered vegetation, low and erratic rainfall, high evapotranspiration, and shallow soils with low water holding capacity (Mwamburi and Musyoki, 2010), thus favouring pastoral production systems. According to Kigomo and Muturi (2013), rangeland degradation and deforestation continue to threaten the survival of indigenous plant communities, which entirely depend on the scarce and diminishing natural resource base.…”

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Rangeland rehabilitation using micro-catchments and native species in Turkana County, Kenya

Owino¹,

Kemboi²,

Muturi³

2021

J. Ecol. Nat. Environ.

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Turkana County is prone to perturbations and famine owing to the prevailing climatic conditions. Due to degradation through natural and anthropogenic activities such as charcoal burning; over time, existing woodlands have been degraded, necessitating rehabilitation. Several drylands adapted plant species studied over the years for the response to the needs of the communities were identified and isolated through a survey. The species identified to be most useful to the communities included Cenchrus ciliaris

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Impacts of enclosures in rehabilitation of degraded rangelands of Turkana County, Kenya

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

Enclosures as a land management tool for food security in African drylands

Enclosures as a land management tool for food security in African drylands

Value chain analysis of grass seeds in the drylands of Baringo County, Kenya: A producers’ perspective

Rangeland rehabilitation using micro-catchments and native species in Turkana County, Kenya

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