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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Page 103
... areas surrounding trading centres have long lost an adequate tree cover due to local demands for firewood and fencing material . In addition , areas surrounding regularly used sites for main and satellite ( forr ) camps are greatly ...
... areas surrounding trading centres have long lost an adequate tree cover due to local demands for firewood and fencing material . In addition , areas surrounding regularly used sites for main and satellite ( forr ) camps are greatly ...
Page 210
... ( areas inundated with water ) , hirma ( upper reaches of a hill ) , woroma lafa ( areas with a thick cover of trees and shrubs ) , laga ( riverine areas ) , bule ( foothills ) , rar lafa ( stony areas with tree and shrub cover ) , bule ...
... ( areas inundated with water ) , hirma ( upper reaches of a hill ) , woroma lafa ( areas with a thick cover of trees and shrubs ) , laga ( riverine areas ) , bule ( foothills ) , rar lafa ( stony areas with tree and shrub cover ) , bule ...
Page 235
... areas where the rain falls heaviest and where the vegetation is succulent and plentiful ( Chapter 3 , Section C ) . These areas are usually some distance from permanent water and hence the wet season use of the range does not normally ...
... areas where the rain falls heaviest and where the vegetation is succulent and plentiful ( Chapter 3 , Section C ) . These areas are usually some distance from permanent water and hence the wet season use of the range does not normally ...
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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