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| Title: | The development of Kenya's semi-arid lands |
| Editors: | Campbell, David Migot-Adholla, S.E. |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Issue: | 36 |
| Pages: | 244 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Occasional paper |
| City of publisher: | Nairobi |
| Publisher: | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi |
| Geographic term: | Kenya |
| Subjects: | 1980 settlement schemes tourism savannas fuelwood erosion irrigation forestry animal husbandry conference papers (form) |
| Abstract: | This collective volume includes papers from a workshop on the development of semi-arid lands in Kenya. It contains the following contributions: Introduction, by D.J. Campbell and S.E. Migot-Adholla; Issues in the development of Kenya's semi-arid areas, by Michael D. Gwynne; Government policy in semi-arid areas, by Larry G.K. Ngutter; Settlement policy and its implications to the development of semi-arid areas, by S.E. Migot-Adholla; Dry-land farming: problems and prospects, by A.M. Marimi; Irrigation in semi-arid areas, by J.P. Palutikof; Soil and water conservation, by K.A. Edwards; The present and future patterns of consumption and production of wood energy, by David Western and James Ssemakula; Forest resources in semi-arid areas: prospects for conservation, by J.A. Odera; Range lands: pastoralism and ranching, by Mark R. Stanley-Price; Forage for livestock production in semi-arid areas, by J.R. Mugambi; Tourism and wildlife in the semi-arid areas, by Harvey Croze and D.M. Mbuvi. Two case studies conclude the volume: Baringo District, by C.M. Gishohi and D.F.M. Kallavi; Kajiado District, by David J. Campbell. |