enclosures

May
22
2016
3

Pasture enclosures increase soil carbon dioxide flux rate in Semiarid Rangeland

By admin22

Background Pasture enclosures play an important role in rehabilitating the degraded soils and vegetation, and may also influence the emission of key greenhouse gasses (GHGs) from the soil. However, no study in East Africa and in Kenya has conducted direct measurements of GHG fluxes following the restoration of degraded communal grazing lands through the establishment of pasture enclosures.

Sep
19
2019
0

Enclosures – A Positive Land Management Tool For Food Security Or A Driver Of Tenure Conflicts?

By admin11
Dr Mureithi in one of the research farms at the University of Nairobi. He is a land resource management specialist.

Pastoralists rely on livestock for their livelihood and pastoralist communities are widespread in the arid- and semiarid regions of Africa. In fact, 70 % of East Africa’s livestock population resides in Kenya. The harsh conditions of the drylands with severe droughts, erratic rainfall and land degradation make it difficult to sustain on conventional agriculture or other activities. As a consequence, food security in the drylands record the lowest indices compared to other areas in Eastern Africa.

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