Effects of cattle rustling and household characteristics on migration decisions and herd size amongst pastoralists in Baringo District, Kenya

Pastoralism

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kaimba, George K ^a   Njehia, Bernard K ^b,c   Guliye, Abdi Y ^b  

^a CHUKA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Baringo; cattle rustling; herd size; Kenya; migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975475484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-7136-1-18     Document Type: Article

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