A participatory assessment of the development needs of semi‐sedentary Pastoralists in Kenya

摘要：

Development interventions in African drylands have met with limited success partly due to little attention paid to the felt needs of target populations ( Scoones, 1996 ).However, donors are now looking for appropriate entry points to fast track development in these areas ( McPeak et.al 2006 ).The Acacia Operation Project was a pilot activity implemented from 2004‐2006 with the aim of mitigating land degradation and poverty in northern Kenya through novel methods of water harvesting and promotion of appropriate agri‐silvo‐pastoral practices such as gums and resins production in combination with drought tolerant crops.A critical output was elaboration of the development needs of the target population.This paper reports on results of the development needs assessment of the communities in the project area.

关键词： participatory appraisal development pastoralists Kenya

作者: Keya G.A.,Muga M.,Okoti M.,Adongo A.,Ngutu M.,Mbuvil D.,Wayua Fand Shibia

作者单位: Kenya Agricultural Research Institute(K A R I),P.O Box 57811-00200 Nairobi,Kenya Kenya Forestry Research Institute(K EFR I),P.O Box 20412 Nairobi,Kenya

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）