IBLI Index in Laisamis based on data up to 22 March 2013 - 6 April 2013
Herbivore dynamics and range contraction in Kajiado County Kenya: Climate and land use changes, population pressures, governance, policy and human-wildlife conflicts
Wildlife populations are declining severely in many protected areas and unprotected pastoral areas of Africa. Rapid large-scale land use changes, poaching, climate change, rising population pressures, governance, policy, economic and socio-cultural transformations and competition with livestock all contribute to the declines in abundance. Here we analyze the population dynamics of 15 wildlife and four livestock species monitored using aerial surveys from 1977 to 2011 within Kajiado County of Kenya, with a rapidly expanding human population, settlements, cultivation and other developments.
ICRISAT 2013 activities: Dryland Systems CRP
IBLI Index in Loiyangalani based on data up to 22 March 2013 - 6 April 2013
IBLI Index in Central and Gadamoji based on data up to 13-28 September 2012
IBLI Index in North Horr based on data up to 22 March 2013 - 6 April 2013
IBLI Index in Central and Gadamoji based on data up to 18 February 2013 - 5 March 2013
Identifying determinants, pressures and trade-offs of crop residue use in mixed smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Crop residues (CR) have become a limited resource in mixed crop-livestock farms. As a result of the increasing demand and low availability of alternative resources, CR became an essential resource for household activities, especially for livestock keeping; a major livelihood element of smallholder farmers in the developing world. Farmers’ decisions on CR use are determined by farmers’ preferences, total crop production, availability of alternative resources and demand for CR. Interaction of these determinants can result in pressures and trade-offs of CR use.