"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 socio-economics".
Livelihood diversification and enhanced food security through agro-pastoralism: Socio-cultural and other challenges among Maasai pastoralists of Narok North district of Kenya
Abstract:
The Maasai of Narok North District Kenya have started
adopting agro-pastoralism as a livelihood diversification strategy.
This study sought to determine the socio-cultural challenges
faced in agro-pastoralism and the relationships between these
challenges and level of agro-pastoralism. The dependent variable
was level of agro-pastoralism, while the independent variables
were attitude towards pastoralism, attitude towards crop
cultivation, land ownership system and contact with agricultural
extension. No statistically significant relationships were found
between the variables. Socio-cultural challenges affected only
31% of respondents, while all respondents experienced
economic, technical and climate change challenges. The study
concluded that socio-cultural challenges did not present major
obstacles to agro-pastoralism and recommended that
development partners should help the Maasai to address the
general challenges identified.
Les Massaï de Narok dans le district Nord du Kenya ont
commencé à adopter l’agro-pastoralisme en tant que stratégie
de diversification des moyens de subsistance. Cette étude visait
à déterminer les enjeux socio-culturels rencontrés dans l’agropastoralisme
et les relations entre ces défis et le niveau de
l’agro-pastoralisme. La variable dépendante était le niveau de
l’agro-pastoralisme, tandis que les variables indépendantes ont
été l’attitude envers le pastoralisme, l’attitude envers les cultures,
le système de propriété foncière et le contact avec la
vulgarisation agricole. Aucune relation statistiquement
significative n’a été observée entre les variables. Les défis socioculturels
ont affecté seulement 31% des répondants, alors que
tous les répondants ont connu les défis du changement climatique,
économique et technique. L’étude a conclu que les défis socioculturels
ne présentaient pas d’obstacles majeurs à l’agropastoralisme
et a recommandé que les partenaires de développement devraient aider les Maasai pour relever les défis
généraux identifiés.
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English
Date of publication:
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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1633-1636
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