Maasai pastoralists
Living with drought: the case of the maasai pastoralists of northern Kenya
... Mukogodo Maasai pastoralists were being replaced by shoat-dominated herds because of the following three reasons: First, the shoats survived on poor quality forbs and browse during severe droughts and were ...
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ADAPTATION MEASURES TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN TANZANIA: CASE OF MAASAI PASTORALISTS IN KETUMBEINE WARD LONGIDO DISTRICT
... the Maasai pastoralists in Ketumbeine ward in Longido ...by Maasai pastoralist and assessing the role of local institutions in adaptation to climate ...Vision, Maasai Vision Organization ...
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Parks beyond parks : genuine community-based wildlife eco-tourism or just another loss of land for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya?
... The above narrative has shown that wildlife is an important economic resource, especially for the tourist industry. Tour operators have been o ffering a “once in a lifetime safari” to increasing numbers of overseas ...
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Narrative risk messages increase uptake and sharing of health interventions in a hard-to-reach population: A pilot study to promote milk safety among Maasai pastoralists in Tanzania
... duction, pastoralists may not adopt hygienic milking practices if they do not perceive milk as a potential health risk, even if they recognize the risks as ethno- graphic work suggests (see above and Koné et ...
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Pastoral community-based property rights: a case study: ecotourism in Kenya: benign community-based resource management or a new loss of land for Maasai pastoralists?
... On 16 February 1996, the group ranch members met to discuss the issue, but no united stand could be reached. In a bid to win support for the wildlife sanctuary idea, the Kenya Wildlife S[r] ...
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Influence of culture on dietary practices of children under five years among Maasai pastoralists in Kajiado, Kenya
... The Maasai culture prohibits the consumption of wild animals, chicken and fish which limit the food ...the Maasai, fish consumption is not common as they perceive the aquatic animals not fit for human ...
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Land tenure frontiers and food security among Maasai pastoralists in Kenya
... The évidence of a positive linkage, on thé other hand, is subject to numerous empirical questions; how is food access obtained (direct production, income and market access, food transfer[r] ...
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Transforming innovations in Africa: explorative studies on appropriation in African societies
... The study, under- taken among the Maasai pastoralists of Kajiado County, sheds light on the impact of a mobile-phone-based money system M-Pesa, and shows that technology has proved to be[r] ...
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Social-Cultural Factors Affecting Maasai Women Participation In Decision Making In Tanzania. A Case Study Of Longido District
... 2010) Maasai is an indigenous community whom practice pastoralism as a core livelihood ...2008). Maasai women are minors in their culture and have to be always represented by their father or husband in ...
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Being Left Behind Amidst Africa’s Rising Imagery: The Maasai In The World Of Information And Communication Technologies (ICTs)
... of Maasai from their homelands forced the government to reverse its ...transforming Maasai lifestyles and promotion of ...push Maasai to live sedentary life styles have been praised by Western– ...
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Technical Skills & Financial Control Practices Of Maasai Mara Community Support Fund Kenya
... the Maasai Mara community support fund which was created by Narok County government to domesticate the 25% national tourism ...from Maasai Mara Community support fund showed lack of proper recording of ...
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Design and Implementation of Mobile Portal for Kenyan Pastoralists
... Kenyan pastoralists need a mobile portal that provides them with a platform to market their products and access critical information relevant to livestock man- ...link pastoralists to the global animal ...
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Traversing the margins: Access to healthcare by Bakarwals in remote and conflict-prone Himalayan regions of Jammu and Kashmir
... the pastoralists of Himalayas have faced a series of significant alterations stemming from external political and economic ...Transhumant pastoralists in India have a low human development index and high ...
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Ethnography of the slaughterhouse: A case of Nanyuki slaughterhouse in Laikipia County, Rift Valley, Kenya
... livestock products and by-products to a wide range of consumers. Livestock buyers are the first set of butchers, who frequent pastoral regions and purchase large consign- ments of live animals from pastoralists in ...
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Assessment of Impacts of Climate Change on Pastoralists in Selected Area of Ethiopia
... Data required for the study was collected using questionnaire, interview and unpublished documents of the governmental offices. The pastoralists of the Woreda are living in ten administrative centers, kebeles. ...
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Stereotypes, prejudices and exclusion of Fulani pastoralists in Ghana
... Fulani pastoralists and local community mem- bers are armed to defend themselves, making violent clashes almost ...14 pastoralists being killed within three days (6 to 9 December 6 ...Fulani ...
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Simel
... the Maasai women in the Kajiado North study takes more than 1hour to reach to the nearest health facility while less than (1%) of them in this study takes less than 30minutes to reach to the health ...
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Ethiopian wolves conflict with pastoralists in small Afroalpine relicts
... The evidence of livestock predation by Ethiopian wolves and the resulting conflict is varied, indicating a diversity of scenarios depend- ing on ecological and socio-economic conditions. These relationships, however, ...
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A GENDER-BASED ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AMONG MAASAI AGRO-PASTORALISTS
... many pastoralists to maintain a pure pastoralist ...the pastoralists to the benefits of a cash economy, education, and opportunities to cultivate or live a sedentary ...for pastoralists are ...
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Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya
... It is very common that one vernacular name refers to mul- tiple species. "Olosida" for example, refers to the majority of Acanthaceae, "Enkaiieiedyia" to all Commelinaceae, and "Ososian" to ...
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