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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... wet seasons depends on where on the slopes the rain has fallen most . For example , in May 1983 it rained heavily in the northern slopes close to the Maikona - Marsabit road . This attracted camps towards that area ( see Maps 3.3 3.4 ) ...
... wet seasons depends on where on the slopes the rain has fallen most . For example , in May 1983 it rained heavily in the northern slopes close to the Maikona - Marsabit road . This attracted camps towards that area ( see Maps 3.3 3.4 ) ...
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... wet seasons depends on the distribution and volume of rain and the species of animal in question . - ve In good wet seasons most households have all their camels back . camel satellite camps were observed in May 1982 ( Map 3.7 ) ...
... wet seasons depends on the distribution and volume of rain and the species of animal in question . - ve In good wet seasons most households have all their camels back . camel satellite camps were observed in May 1982 ( Map 3.7 ) ...
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... Wet seasons Dry seasons Total For food Hospitality 18 184 202 ( 48.7 % ) 16 44 60 ( 14.1 % ) Ritual occasions 49 9 58 ( 13.6 % ) Post - natal sustenance 19 34 53 ( 12.4 ) T. multiceps 12 22 34 ( 8.0 % ) To treat sick people and animals ...
... Wet seasons Dry seasons Total For food Hospitality 18 184 202 ( 48.7 % ) 16 44 60 ( 14.1 % ) Ritual occasions 49 9 58 ( 13.6 % ) Post - natal sustenance 19 34 53 ( 12.4 ) T. multiceps 12 22 34 ( 8.0 % ) To treat sick people and animals ...
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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