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 132
... sheep and goats . On calculations based on tables 8.6 and 8.8 the percentage of goats ( male and female ) and of sheep ( male and female ) slaughtered and sold are as follows : Goats male 40.9 % Goats female 12.4 % Sheep male 32.9 ...
... sheep and goats . On calculations based on tables 8.6 and 8.8 the percentage of goats ( male and female ) and of sheep ( male and female ) slaughtered and sold are as follows : Goats male 40.9 % Goats female 12.4 % Sheep male 32.9 ...
Page 205
... goats . Indeed in a few isolated instances households with large herds of smallstock and the necessary labour divide them into separate sheep and goat herding units . The goats utilize the higher ground of lava boulders while the sheep ...
... goats . Indeed in a few isolated instances households with large herds of smallstock and the necessary labour divide them into separate sheep and goat herding units . The goats utilize the higher ground of lava boulders while the sheep ...
Page 260
... sheep and goats , the composition of the offtake is as follows : Goats ( male ) Goats ( female ) Sheep ( male ) Sheep ( female ) 7.1 ( = 10.2 % of the average - size goat herd ) 2.4 ( = 3.4 % of the average - size goat herd ) 9.4 ...
... sheep and goats , the composition of the offtake is as follows : Goats ( male ) Goats ( female ) Sheep ( male ) Sheep ( female ) 7.1 ( = 10.2 % of the average - size goat herd ) 2.4 ( = 3.4 % of the average - size goat herd ) 9.4 ...
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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