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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... camels . In fact , the closing down of a canned camel meat factory at Archer's Post in the 1960s because of political considerations denied the camel producers of Marsabit District any market outlet for their camels . Between 1966 and ...
... camels . In fact , the closing down of a canned camel meat factory at Archer's Post in the 1960s because of political considerations denied the camel producers of Marsabit District any market outlet for their camels . Between 1966 and ...
Page 89
... camel . Only men who are at the time celibate are permitted to milk camels . The ideal herders are celibate teenage youths . Failure to observe the milking prescription is thought to cause the camel calves to contract a disease known as ...
... camel . Only men who are at the time celibate are permitted to milk camels . The ideal herders are celibate teenage youths . Failure to observe the milking prescription is thought to cause the camel calves to contract a disease known as ...
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... camels are grazed from the main camps . It is well known that milk yields decline the longer the milch camel is without water . Camels can use a wide range of the vegetation available on the range . However , when interviewed Rendille ...
... camels are grazed from the main camps . It is well known that milk yields decline the longer the milch camel is without water . Camels can use a wide range of the vegetation available on the range . However , when interviewed Rendille ...
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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