"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme climate change".
Conceptualisation and measurement challenges in modelling pastorilists’ risk and vulnerability instigated by droughts in the group ranches of Kenya
Abstract:
This on-going study is assessing and modeling vulnerability and
risks faced by pastoral communities in the dry areas of Lakipia
in Kenya. Preliminary results from participatory rural appraisal
indicate that poverty is widespread and the area suffers from
frequent drought, water shortage, shortage of pasture, livestock
diseases and predation and animal human conflicts. More indepth
analysis and modeling are still to be done.
Cette étude en cours est d’évaluer la vulnérabilité, la
modélisation et les risques rencontrés par les communautés
pastorales dans les régions sèches de Lakipia au Kenya. Les
résultats préliminaires de l’évaluation rurale participative
indiquent que la pauvreté est généralisée et la région souffre
de sécheresses fréquentes, la pénurie d’eau, la pénurie de
pâturages, les maladies du bétail et la prédation des animaux et
les conflits humains. Une analyse plus approfondie et la
modélisation sont encore à faire.
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English
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2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1475-1479
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