Land use competition at the margins of the range-lands: a proposal for research in Kajiado District
Date
1977
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Institute for Development Studies
Abstract
The interface between pastoralism and agriculture in semi-arid areas is often a zone of competition over land use between farmers and herders. Population pressure in agricultural areas has resulted in migration of farmers into lands of more marginal quality, lands which are important dry season grazing areas for the pastoralists herds. Farmers cultivating these lands are likely to be severely affected by drought, while the loss of such areas from the dry season grazing reserves increases the vulnerability of pastoralists to drought. This Working Paper presents a proposal for the study of the problems associated with such competition over land use as it affects pastoralists and farmers in selected locations in Kajiado District.
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Available in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr .Wilbert Changula Library( EAF FOS C14.L3)
Keywords
Land use
Citation
Campbell, David J.(1977).Land use competition at the margins of the range-lands: a proposal for research in Kajiado District