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dc.contributor.authorAK Kahi, CB Wasike, TO Rewe
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-28T07:41:08Z
dc.date.available2020-08-28T07:41:08Z
dc.date.issued2006-09
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2507
dc.description.abstractMost of Kenya (80%) is classified as arid and semi-arid. The climatic conditions in these regions are so harsh for crops that only livestock production can thrive. These regions provide the bulk of beef consumed in the country, which is produced via two main systems: large-scale dairy-meat commercial ranching and small-scale dairy-meat production. In both these systems, production is pasture-based. The animals kept are the highly adapted indigenous zebu (small East African zebu and Boran) or exotic beef (for example, Hereford, Simmental, Charolais, Angus) breeds and their crosses kept mainly by the commercial ranchers. Development of the beef industry in Kenya has lagged behind other agricultural enterprises due to policies that were unfavourable towards arid and semi-arid lands and the historically poor infrastructure development in the rangelands. It is concluded that there is potential for beef production …en_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.subjectarid and semi-arid lands, beef cattle production, production constraints, production systems, research and developmenten_US
dc.titleBeef production in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya: constraints and prospects for research and developmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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