First published in 1992, this book examines the social and political dimensions of Africa's food and environmental crises. Written by an anthropologist, it focuses on the changes and the problems faced during the last century by one particular ethnic group, the Il Chamus of Kenya and traces the area's transformation from a food-surplus 'granary' to one that is dependent on food imports and aid. By documenting the history, social structure and ecology of the area, Peter Little is able to show that the crisis among the region's herders is rooted in processes that preceded the devastating droughts of the 1980s. Drought is in fact a 'normal' state of affairs in semiarid Kenya, but the processes that have inhibited herders from adequately coping with it are not. The author analyses the relationships between social, political and ecological variables and he treats topics such as land management, food production, marketing, state policy making and labour organisation in an integrated fashion. This is a book that challenges many of the stereotypes about African social life, agriculture and ecology and it will be of interest to anthropologists, academics and practitioners in development studies, historians, ecologists and geographers.
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First published in 1992, this book examines the social and political dimensions of Africa's food and environmental crises. Written by an anthropologist, it focuses on the changes and the problems faced during the last century by one particular ethnic group, the Il Chamus of Kenya and traces the area's transformation from a food-surplus 'granary' to one that is dependent on food imports and aid.
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A group of elders huddle in the shaded area outside a small retail store, seeking reprieve from the midday heat of northern Kenya. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
von hohnel, secondary homesteads, shifting irrigation, absentee herd ownership, wealthier homesteads, destocking program, elusive granary, wealthy herders, poor homesteads, wealthy homesteads, rich herders, rich homesteads, agropastoral production, daily agricultural wage, poor herders, homestead size, irrigated farmers, local herders, hired herders, labor bottlenecks, food payments, grain deficits, homestead head, private subdivision, drought months Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Perkerra Scheme, Lake Baringo, Tugen Hills, Ministry of Agriculture, Rift Valley, Baringo District, East Africa, Perkerra River, Eldama Ravine, Baringo Pilot Semi-Arid Area Project, Perkerra Irrigation Scheme, Laikipiak Maasai, Institute of African Studies, Purko Maasai, World War, The Sandai, National Irrigation Board, Adult Units, Lake Turkana, The Mukutan, Dryland Agriculture Browse Sample Pages:
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A group of elders huddle in the shaded area outside a small retail store, seeking reprieve from the midday heat of northern Kenya. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
von hohnel, secondary homesteads, shifting irrigation, absentee herd ownership, wealthier homesteads, destocking program, elusive granary, wealthy herders, poor homesteads, wealthy homesteads, rich herders, rich homesteads, agropastoral production, daily agricultural wage, poor herders, homestead size, irrigated farmers, local herders, hired herders, labor bottlenecks, food payments, grain deficits, homestead head, private subdivision, drought months Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Perkerra Scheme, Lake Baringo, Tugen Hills, Ministry of Agriculture, Rift Valley, Baringo District, East Africa, Perkerra River, Eldama Ravine, Baringo Pilot Semi-Arid Area Project, Perkerra Irrigation Scheme, Laikipiak Maasai, Institute of African Studies, Purko Maasai, World War, The Sandai, National Irrigation Board, Adult Units, Lake Turkana, The Mukutan, Dryland Agriculture Browse Sample Pages:
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