Theme: Livestock

Floods after drought: storytelling with agro-pastoralists in a Kenyan dryland

Frontiers Affiliated with the Odessa Centre

Anne F. Van Loon, Johanna Koehler, Marlies H. Barendrecht, Melanie Rohse, Moses Mwangi, Ruben V. Weesie

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Floods and Droughts, Livestock
Year: 2025

Carbon Projects, Cooperative Membership and Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Kenya

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Vida Mantey, Arnold Missiame, Christine Bosch, Regina Birner, Athena Birkenberg, Viviane Guesbeogo Yameogo, John Irungu Mburu

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Carbon Markets, Livestock, Agriculture and Food Systems
Year: 2025

Unlocking Climate Resilience: Are Agroecological, Animal-Friendly Systems The Key?

FOUR PAWS International

Clara Schubert, Sophie Aylmer, Carolina Cardoso Nagib Nascimento, Moritz Fegert, Rani Nguyen, Rebecca Doyle, Gezahegn Alemayehu, Tsega Berhe, Eyob Gelan

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Livestock, Adaptation and Resilience, Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Year: 2025

Practical Paths Towards Quantifying And Mitigating Agricultural Methane Emissions

Proceedings of the Royal Society A

Euan G. Nisbet, Martin R. Manning, David Lowry, Rebecca E. Fisher, Xin Lan, Sylvia E. Michel, James L. France, R. Ellen R. Nisbet, Semra Bakkaloglu, Sonja M. Leitner

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Emissions and Gases, Livestock, Technology and Innovation
Year: 2025

Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Traditional Livestock Enclosures In Kenya And Options For Mitigation

Tropentag

Sonja Leitner, Yuhao Zhu, Victoria Carbonell, Rangarirayi Lucia Mhindu, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Lutz Merbold

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

From Fix To Fitting: Connecting Low-Emission Development With Multilevel Smallholder Dairy Practices In Kenya

Taylor & Francis Group

Vera Vernooij, George Schoneveld, Sietze Vellema, Todd Crane, Esther Kihoro

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Adaptation and Resilience, Climate Change Impacts, Livestock, Climate-Smart Agriculture
Year: 2024

Methane Gas Emission Of 2023 Report

Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority (TARDA)

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Emissions and Gases, Livestock, Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Tana River County
Year: 2024

Southwestern Kenya’s Smallholder Dairy Farmers’ Climate Change Perceptions, Knowledge And Adaptation

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Charles Okech Odhiambo, Chrilukovian Bwire Wasike, Harun Okello Ogindo

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Livestock, Migori County
Year: 2024

Climate Smart Enterprise Selection And Planning

Chuka University

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Climate-Smart Agriculture, Livestock, Adaptation and Resilience, Education
Year: 2024

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

Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carbon Stocks And Stock Changes In Smallholder Farming Systems

Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)

Shem Kuyah, Margaret Thiong?o, Sheila Abwanda, Paul M. Mutuo, Ermias Aynekulu, Todd S. Rosenstock

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate-Smart Agriculture, Emissions and Gases, Livestock, Soils
Year: 2024

Incentives To The Uptake Of Ghg Emission Reducing Technologies In The Global Dairy Sector: The Kenya Case Study

Global Dairy Platform

Andrew Barnes

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

Illegal Deforestation For Forest-Risk Agricultural Commodities Dashboard: Kenya

Forest Trends

Cassie Dummett, Sofia Tenorio Fenton

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Forestry and Natural Resources, Land Use and Land-use Change, Livestock
Year: 2023

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

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

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: Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock
Year: 2023

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: Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock
Year: 2023

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, Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock, Women Gender and Youth
Year: 2023

KALRO Crops Knowledge Bank

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

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

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), Agriculture and Food Systems, Food Security, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2022

Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Tracking Adaptation To Climate Change In Africa?s Livestock Sector

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Lucy Njuguna, Claudia Arndt, Todd Crane, Sonja Leitner, Michael Graham, , Jesse Kagai

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Adaptation and Resilience, Climate Change Impacts, Livestock, East Africa
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

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: Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock
Year: 2022

Climate Change Adaptation And Mitigation In Mixed Livestock Systems In East Africa

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Adaptation and Resilience, Climate Change Impacts, East Africa, 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

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

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: Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock, Sustainable Lifestyles
Year: 2022

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: Agriculture and Food Systems, Health and Climate Change, Livestock
Year: 2022

CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate

CGIAR

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

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

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

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

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, Agriculture and Food Systems
Year: 2020

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, Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock, Food Security
Year: 2020

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

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, Agriculture and Food Systems, Food Security, Livestock
Year: 2020

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

The State of Farm Animal Genetic Resources in Africa Towards Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation by the Year 2025

African Union

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

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

National Livestock Policy 2019

Government Of Kenya

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

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

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

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

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

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, Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock
Year: 2018

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

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

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, Women Gender and Youth
Year: 2018

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

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: Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock
Year: 2015

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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), Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2014

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

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

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, Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock
Year: 2010

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

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

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

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: Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2007

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