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The Harvard Institute for International Development provided consulting to government ministries in Kenya during the … understood in the context of Kenya's development as a pluralistic country, and reveals the struggle to provide government …
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Kenya. System dynamics modeling is well-suited to examining the complex interactions and feedback between farm …
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In Kenya's arid and semi arid lands (ASALs), drought is the most pervasive hazard, natural or otherwise, encountered by … households on a widespread level. This is especially true for northern Kenya, where more than 3 million pastoralist households … are regularly hit by increasingly severe droughts. In the past 100 years, northern Kenya recorded 28 major droughts, 4 of …
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Northern Kenya from the considerable drought‐related livestock mortality risk that they face. Detailing the conditions that … make the pastoral economy in Northern Kenya an ideal candidate for the provision of index‐based insurance products, the … district of Northern Kenya in early 2010 …
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Pastoralists in East Africa's arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) regularly confront climatic shocks triggering massive herd die-offs and loss of scarce wealth. On the surface, it appears puzzling that pastoralists do not make extensive use of livestock markets to offload animals when climatic...
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study assesses the impact of changing meat and milk production on natural resource use in Kenya under three plausible … scenarios of socio-economic development, namely Business-As-Usual (BAU), Sustainable Development (SDP) and Kenya Vision 2030 (V … and SDP represent standard scenarios for Kenya of a global economic model, IMPACT, while V2030 incorporates in the model …
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well as livestock production in Kenya. The study established that on the eve of colonial rule, livestock economy was the …
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At the request of the government of Kenya and under its guidance, a team of national and international experts … conducted an appraisal of different agricultural insurance options for Kenya.This appraisal, as set out in this document and the … Kenya, the fiscal cost to the government of Kenya, and the economic benefits for farmers and pastoralists. In order for it …
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At the request of the government of Kenya and under its guidance, a team of national and international experts … conducted an appraisal of different agricultural insurance options for Kenya.This appraisal, as set out in this document and the … Kenya, the fiscal cost to the government of Kenya, and the economic benefits for farmers and pastoralists.In order for it to …
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