The Livestock Sub-sector in Kenya’s NDC

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), CGIAR, Global Research Alliance

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Livestock, Mitigation, NDCs
Year: 2020

Legitimising Informal Markets: A Case Study of the Dairy Sector in Kenya

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Food and Agriculture, Livestock
Year: 2015

Legislators and Livestock: Pastoralist Parliamentary Groups in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

John K Livingstone, John Morton, Mohammed Mussa

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Food and Agriculture, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2007

Livelihood diversification and enhanced food security through agro-pastoralism: Socio-cultural and other challenges among Maasai pastoralists of Narok North district of Kenya

Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

Agnes Oywaya Nkurumwa, J. G. Mwangi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Food Security, Livestock, Narok County, Pastoralism
Year: 2010

Effect of coat colour on feed efficiency and growth performance of boran cattle in Kenya

Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

A. Majoya, C. W. Ndung’u, I. Tura, T. K. Muasya

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Food and Agriculture, Livestock
Year: 2023

Genetic variation and parameters of feed efficiency traits in Boran cattle in Kenya

Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

A. Majoya, J. O. Khobondo, S. Tura, T. K. Muasya

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Food and Agriculture, Livestock
Year: 2023

Media perceptions and portrayals of pastoralists in Kenya, India and China

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Mike Shanahan

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2013

CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate

CGIAR

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Livestock
Year: 2022

Knowledge brokers within the multiple streams framework: The science-policy interface for livestock and climate change discussions in Kenya

Elsevier

Art Dewulf, Laura Cramer, Todd A. Crane

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Livestock
Year: 2023

Resilience in the Rangeland: Changes and Challenges for Pastoral Communities in Kenya and Ethiopia

CARE International

Sara Pavanello

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Adaptation and Resilience, Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2015

Pastoralism pays: new evidence from the Horn of Africa

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Caroline King-Okumu, Eshetu Yimer, Oliver Vivian Wasonga

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Africa, Horn of Africa, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2015

Serological evidence of inter-epidemic circulation of Rift valley fever virus in livestock in Kenya

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

F. C. Wekesa, M. Wamalwa, R. Oduor

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Food and Agriculture, Health and Climate Change, Livestock
Year: 2022

Economic contribution of the pastoral meat trade in Isiolo Town, Kenya

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Benard Chira Gituku, Oliver Vivian Wasonga, Robinson Kinuthia Ngugi

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Counties, Isiolo County, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2015

Economic contribution of the pastoral meat trade in Isiolo County, Kenya: Findings from Oldonyiro and Garbatulla Towns

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Marcelino Napao Iruata, Oliver Vivian Wasonga, Robinson Kinuthia Ngugi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Counties, Isiolo County, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2015

Economic contribution of the camel milk trade in Isiolo Town, Kenya

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Margaret Waithera Mwaura, Oliver Vivian Wasonga, Robinson Kinuthia Ngugi, Yazan Ahmed Mohamed Elhadi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Counties, Isiolo County, Livestock
Year: 2015

Economic and nutritional contribution of camel milk in Northern Kenya: A field study in Isiolo County

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Oliver Vivian Wasonga, Yazan Ahmed Mohamed Elhadi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Counties, Isiolo County, Livestock
Year: 2015

Transforming Kenya’s dairy industry through sustainable consumption and production practices

Stockholm Environment Institute

Anne Nyambane, Elvine Kwamboka, Mbeo Ogeya, Rocio A. Diaz-Chavez, Takeshi Takama

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Food and Agriculture, Livestock, Sustainable Lifestyles
Year: 2022

Effectiveness of Drought Risk Reduction Policies: Case Study of Hay Production in Kajiado County, Kenya

American Journal of Climate Change

Henry Mikiugu Mutembei, John Kaunga Muthee, Judy Kimaru

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Counties, Floods and Droughts, Kajiado County, Livestock
Year: 2021

Cost-benefit analysis of hay production in different Farm sizes in Kajiado County, Kenya

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

Henry Mikiugu Mutembei, J. Kimaru, J.K Muthee

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Counties, Kajiado County, Livestock
Year: 2022

Data-Driven Model for Animal Surveillance: Case of Pastoral Communities in Kajiado County, Kenya

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

E. Ayienga, S. Kinyimu

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Counties, Kajiado County, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2022

Dryland Pastoralism Climate Landscape and Food Security in the Suam River Basin of Kenya

Scientific Research Publishing

Clinton Ouma, Edward M. Mugalavai, Gilbert Ouma, Kaleb Mwendwa, Namenya Daniel Naburi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Food and Agriculture, Food Security, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2022

KALRO Crops Knowledge Bank

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

Type: Databases and Platforms
Theme/Sector: Food and Agriculture, Livestock, Open Data
Year: 2023

Effects of Capital Assets on Livelihood Based Outcomes from Livestock Production among Youth in the Semiarid Lands of Kenya

Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

Mathew Muma

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Livestock, Youth and Gender
Year: 2018

Drivers and responses to climate variability by agro-pastoralists in Kenya: the case of Laikipia County (2019)

Springer Nature

Godfrey O. Atsiaya, Job Kibiwot Lagat, Lenah W. Nakhone, Oscar I. Ayuya

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Counties, Laikipia County, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2019

Effect of Socio-Demographic Characteristics on Kenyan Smallholder Dairy Farmers’ Adaptive Strategies to Climate Change Effects

Scientific Research Publishing

Charles Okech Odhiambo, Chlirukovian Bwire Wasike, Harun Okello Ogindo

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Livestock
Year: 2019

Water for livestock in the drylands: The case of Wajir County

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Claire Bedelian

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Counties, Livestock, Wajir County, Water and Water Resources
Year: 2019

Factors Influencing the Adaptation Decisions to Impacts of Climate Change among the Maasai Pastoral Community in Narok County, Kenya

Scientific Research Publishing

Evans Ngenoh, Janet C. Korir

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Counties, Livestock, Narok County, Pastoralism
Year: 2019

Level of Awareness about Climate Change among the Pastoral Community

Janet C. Korir

Janet C. Korir

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Climate Change Impacts, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2019

Farm-level factors affecting dairy goat artificial insemination in Kenya

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

A. Jesang, A.N. Kipyegon, E.O. Mugube, Henry Mikiugu Mutembei

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Food and Agriculture, Livestock
Year: 2022

Impacts of climate change variability on livestock health in arid and semi-arid land in Kenya: A critical literature review

International Journal of Livestock Policy

Japheth Jones

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Climate Change Impacts, Livestock
Year: 2022

Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Smallholder Dairy Cattle Production in Bungoma, Kenya

International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications

Gregory Wafula Nalianya, Jacob W. Wakhungu, Nicodemus O. Nyandiko

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Bungoma County, Climate Change Impacts, Counties, Livestock
Year: 2020

An Assessment of Barriers to MSMEs’ Adoption of CSA in Livestock Red Meat Value Chain, Kajiado County, Kenya

Scientific Research Publishing

Bessy Eva Kathambi, Henry Mikiugu Mutembei, John Mburu, Mary Waceke Thongoh

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate-Smart Agriculture, Counties, Kajiado County, Livestock
Year: 2021

Pastoral and Agropastoral Production Systems in the Arid and Semi-arid Areas

World Food Programme

Mathew K. Kigomo

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2018

The contribution of camel milk production as a livelihood strategy for building pastoral resilience in the drylands of Kenya

University of Nairobi

Yazan Ahmed Mohamed Elhadi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Food and Agriculture, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2014

Effects of Capital Assets on Livelihood Based Outcomes from Livestock Production among Youth in the Semiarid Lands of Kenya

Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

Mathew Muma

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Livestock
Year: 2018

Effects of Climate Variability on Livestock Revenues in Kenya

Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

Philemon Lagat

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Livestock
Year: 2015

National Livestock Policy 2019

Government Of Kenya

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Food and Agriculture, Food Security, Livestock
Year: 2019

Adapting to climate change among transitioning Maasai pastoralists in southern Kenya: An intersectional analysis of differentiated abilities to benefit from diversification processes

Taylor & Francis Group

Edwige Marty, Matthew Cashmore, Renee Bullock, Siri H. Eriksen, Todd A. Crane

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2023

Assessing socially differentiated needs and preferences for bundled livestock insurance in Northern Kenya using a multi-method approach

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Rupsha Banerjee, Tanaya DuttaGupta, Kelvin Shikuku, Ambica Paliwal

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Livestock, Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL)
Year: 2024

Climate variability and climate change and their impacts on Kenya’s agricultural sector

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Abisalom Omolo, An Notenbaert, Claudia Ringler, Elizabeth Bryan, Jawoo Koo, Jeannette van de Steeg, Mario Herrero, Philip Thornton, Tingju Zhu

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Food and Agriculture, Livestock
Year: 2010

Inclusion of gender in Africa's climate change policies and strategies

Springer Link

Ayansina Ayanlade, Catherine Mungai, Margaret O. Jegede, Mary Nyasimi, Mercy Derkyi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Food and Agriculture, Livestock
Year: 2018

Resilient food and agriculture systems in Kenya within the COVID-19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges (focus on livestock)

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Jimmy W. Smith

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Adaptation and Resilience, COVID-19, Food and Agriculture, Food Security, Livestock
Year: 2020

Scaling with households to support socially inclusive climate-smart dairy practices in Kenya

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Renee Bullock, Tanaya DuttaGupta

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Livestock
Year: 2023

Young women's and men's climate adaptation practices and capacities in Kenya livestock production systems

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Miriti M. Philip, Renee Bullock, Tanaya Dutta Gupta

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Adaptation and Resilience, Climate Change Impacts, Food and Agriculture, Livestock, Youth and Gender
Year: 2023

The future of livestock in Kenya: Opportunities and challenges in the face of uncertainty

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Food and Agriculture, Livestock, Food Security
Year: 2020

Livestock development and climate change in Turkana district,Kenya

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

An Notenbaert, Philip Thornton, Mario Herrero

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Livestock, Turkana County, Counties
Year: 2007

Measurement,reporting and verification of livestock GHG emissions by developing countries in the UNFCCC: current practices and opportunities for improvement

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

Andreas Wilkes, Andy Reisinger, Eva Wollenberg, Suzanne van Dijk

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Emissions and Gases, Livestock
Year: 2017

Methane Mitigation From The Dairy Sector In Kenyaâ??S Nationally Determined Contribution (Ndc)

Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: NDCs, Emissions and Gases, Livestock
Year: 2021

Inventory of GHG Emissions from Dairy Cattle in Kenya 1995-2017

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Emissions and Gases, Livestock, Food and Agriculture
Year: 2020

Kenya National Domestic Biogas Programme

Kenya National Biogas Committee (KENBIC)

Ashington Ngigi

Type: Government and Legislation
Theme/Sector: Biogas, Energy and Fuels, Livestock
Year: 2010

Small-Scale Bioenergy Initiatives: Brief description and preliminary lessons on livelihood impacts from case studies in Asia, Latin America and Africa

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Policy Innovation Systems for Clean Energy Security (PISCES)

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Bioenergy, Energy and Fuels, Livestock
Year: 2009

The Power Of Dung ; Lessons learned from on-farm biodigester programs in Africa

World Bank Group

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Waste Management, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Livestock, Africa
Year: 2019

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