Early childhood growth in Daasanach pastoralists of Northern Kenya: Distinct patterns of faltering in linear growth and weight gain
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DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23842
Abstract: Investigations of early childhood growth among small‐scale populations are essential for understanding human life history variation and enhancing the ability to serve such communities through global public health initiatives. This study characterizes early childhood growth… read more here.
Keywords: childhood growth; growth daasanach; early childhood; growth ... See more keywords
Analysis of pastoralists’ perception on challenges and opportunities for sheep and goat production in Northern Kenya
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DOI: 10.1007/s11250-018-1613-8
Abstract: Small ruminants’ production contributes to livelihood of pastoral communities, but this faces myriad constraints. This study aimed at identifying challenges facing producers of small ruminants, prioritizing diseases and their control measures and documenting opportunities for… read more here.
Keywords: sheep goat; control; production; northern kenya ... See more keywords
The 2017 Shooting of Kuki Gallmann and the Politics of Conservation in Northern Kenya
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DOI: 10.1017/asr.2017.130
Abstract: Abstract: This article situates the shooting of white Kenyan landowner Kuki Gallmann within recent critiques of community-based conservation and the politics of whiteness in Kenya. I discuss how conservation has enabled white landowners to consolidate… read more here.
Keywords: kuki gallmann; northern kenya; conservation;
Can mobile phones improve nutrition among pastoral communities? Panel data evidence from Northern Kenya
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DOI: 10.1111/agec.12566
Abstract: The digital revolution and the ongoing dissemination of mobile phones carry several prospects for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Food insecurity remains a major issue among African smallholders. Mobile phones could potentially facilitate access to… read more here.
Keywords: phones improve; mobile phone; panel data; food ... See more keywords
A new of species of the Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896 complex (Squamata: Agamidae) from northern Kenya.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.4.5
Abstract: Kenya has a high diversity of agamid lizards and the arid northern frontier area has the highest species richness. Among the Kenyan agama species, Agama lionotus has the widest distribution, occurring from sea level to… read more here.
Keywords: species agama; agama lionotus; new species; northern kenya ... See more keywords
Education, Class, and Female Genital Cutting among the Samburu of Northern Kenya: Challenging the Reproduction of the “Ignorant Pastoralist” Narrative in Anticutting Campaigns
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DOI: 10.1177/10778012221079376
Abstract: Based on ethnographic research among the Samburu of northern Kenya, this article examines the association between formal education and the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). It challenges the notion that Samburu continue cutting out… read more here.
Keywords: among samburu; challenging reproduction; samburu northern; female genital ... See more keywords
Improved Drought Resilience Through Continuous Water Service Monitoring and Specialized Institutions—A Longitudinal Analysis of Water Service Delivery Across Motorized Boreholes in Northern Kenya
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DOI: 10.3390/su11113046
Abstract: Increasing frequency and severity of drought is driving increased use of groundwater resources in arid regions of Northern Kenya, where approximately 2.5 million people depend on groundwater for personal use, livestock, and limited irrigation. As… read more here.
Keywords: water; northern kenya; motorized boreholes; water service ... See more keywords