The Economics of Pastoralism in Northern Kenya: The Rendille and the GabraUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 1985 - 268 pages |
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... Lake Turkana . They provide a better base for vegetation than malawa soils ' . The Rendille frequently judge the productivity of a range by the amount It is of milk produced by the animals that are using it . When the milk yields reach ...
... Lake Turkana . They provide a better base for vegetation than malawa soils ' . The Rendille frequently judge the productivity of a range by the amount It is of milk produced by the animals that are using it . When the milk yields reach ...
Page 186
... lakes which are able to yield water easily for large numbers of livestock of all species . Examples are the springs at North Horr , Kalacha and Maikona , and Lake Turkana . Secondary water sources refer to minor springs , and permanent ...
... lakes which are able to yield water easily for large numbers of livestock of all species . Examples are the springs at North Horr , Kalacha and Maikona , and Lake Turkana . Secondary water sources refer to minor springs , and permanent ...
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... Lake Turkana ) much of which is lava fields strewn with boulders , and the plains which are more level . It is generally thought that the parts of the range which have lava boulders are more suitable for goats . Indeed in a few isolated ...
... Lake Turkana ) much of which is lava fields strewn with boulders , and the plains which are more level . It is generally thought that the parts of the range which have lava boulders are more suitable for goats . Indeed in a few isolated ...
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70 Age Mean age categories age/sex annual areas average Balessa Balessa Ildere Barcho bridewealth brothers camel herding castrates Cattle and smallstock cattle herds Chalbi Desert Chapter clan section cows Damballa Dimtu distance Dololo dry conditions dry season ewes Female herders Figure flocks forr camps Forr smallstock Frequency Gabra goats herd structure herding units Household holdings houses Hurri Hills Indigofera IPAL Kalacha Kargi Kenya kids and lambs KILOMETRES Korr labour lactation LAG BALLAL Lake Turkana livestock main camp Male herders married Marsabit Marsabit District mature milk yields milked and suckled months mothers move NK NK NK North Horr Number of milch off-take old calves pack camels pastoralists Qarsa rains range Rendille reside satellite camps sheep sheep and goats sick animal Siginte slaughtered sold sorio species Standard deviation Symptoms Table town Treatment water points waterholes wet conditions wet seasons young calves young kids zero Total