Pastoralism within land administration in Kenya—The missing link

Lengoiboni, Monica; Bregt, A.K.; Molen, P. van der

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.07.013

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“…Like most parts of northern Kenya, herd mobility faces continuous deprivation of access rights resulting from land privatization by individuals and other land users (Lengaiboni et al 2010). The continuous loss of land, coupled with frequent drought occurrences, had made a large number of pastoralists to adopt a sedentary lifestyle (Little 1985).…”

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Carbon stocks in semi-arid pastoral ecosystems of northern Kenya

Dabasso

Taddese

Hoag

2014

Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice

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Data on carbon stocks in pastoral ecosystems is important for assessing their contribution for offsetting emissions of greenhouse gases through carbon storage. Such data also provides baseline information to determine if pastoral grazing management can be engaged for carbon credit trading. Real and accurate carbon data is scarce. Much of the available data is often based on limited assessment of carbon stocks in a specified range unit, which fails to capture the spatial and temporal heterogeneity that characterizes pastoral ecosystems. In this study, we considered heterogeneity of semi-arid pastoral ecosystems of northern Kenya by aggregating sample results taken during wet and dry seasons and from various landscape types. We found average carbon stocks of 93.01 ± 15.72 tonnes ha−1 across landscape types and seasons. The measured amount of stored carbon is sufficient to have an important contribution in controlling the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases; it also indicates a potential to improve pastoralist livelihoods through carbon credit trading. However, more research would be required in order to qualify pastoralists for carbon credits since the data collected in this study is not sufficient to determine the change in carbon storage by grazing practices. In addition, uncertainty in the value of carbon credits needs to be considered to avoid relying on a risky prospect.

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Carbon stocks in semi-arid pastoral ecosystems of northern Kenya

Dabasso

Taddese

Hoag

2014

Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice

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“…This is beneficial for ecotones that represent transitional zones between adjacent ecosystems or for pastoralists that move along areas. In such cases, cadastral boundaries seek to handle overlapping access rights and to grant spatiotemporal mobility [54][55][56]. As shown, a cadastral boundary does not merely include spatial aspects, but those of time and scale as well [57,58].…”

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Review of Automatic Feature Extraction from High-Resolution Optical Sensor Data for UAV-Based Cadastral Mapping

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a rapid, low-cost and flexible acquisition system that appears feasible for application in cadastral mapping: high-resolution imagery, acquired using UAVs, enables a new approach for defining property boundaries. However, UAV-derived data are arguably not exploited to its full potential: based on UAV data, cadastral boundaries are visually detected and manually digitized. A workflow that automatically extracts boundary features from UAV data could increase the pace of current mapping procedures. This review introduces a workflow considered applicable for automated boundary delineation from UAV data. This is done by reviewing approaches for feature extraction from various application fields and synthesizing these into a hypothetical generalized cadastral workflow. The workflow consists of preprocessing, image segmentation, line extraction, contour generation and postprocessing. The review lists example methods per workflow step-including a description, trialed implementation, and a list of case studies applying individual methods. Furthermore, accuracy assessment methods are outlined. Advantages and drawbacks of each approach are discussed in terms of their applicability on UAV data. This review can serve as a basis for future work on the implementation of most suitable methods in a UAV-based cadastral mapping workflow.

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“…Most of these farms were previously largescale government or private landholdings that have only been subdivided recently, either to address group ranch management problems or to provide long-term access to younger members (Thornton et al, 2007). However, as noted by Lengoiboni et al (2010), the existing land laws and property rights in land administration in Kenya tend to focus on ownership and control of land, but are inadequate in serving pastoralists' temporal and spatial access rights. Generally, improved land tenure and access rights (e.g., through land registration) are considered as important prerequisites for long-term and ecologically beneficial land-related investments, technology adoption and productivity enhancement (Deininger, 2010;Kabubo-Mariara et al, 2010;Oluoch-Kosura, 2010).…”

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Assessment of technical efficiency and its determinants in beef cattle production in Kenya

Otieno¹,

Hubbard²,

Ruto³

2014

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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The stochastic metafrontier method is applied to estimate technical efficiency levels in beef cattle production in Kenya. Subsequently, a Tobit model is used to assess factors that might influence efficiency. Results show that the average efficiency level is 0.69, suggesting that there is considerable scope to improve beef production in Kenya. Considering the importance of the livestock enterprise to rural livelihoods and its potential role in poverty reduction, there is need for appropriate development strategies for enhanced efficiency. In particular, livestock development policies should focus on provision of technology-related services. For instance, promoting use of controlled cattle crossbreeding methods would enhance productivity gains. Effective institutional support is also necessary in order to improve efficiency, including improved access to market contracts, better farm management skills and off-farm income opportunities.

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Pastoralism within land administration in Kenya—The missing link

Cited by 40 publications

References 19 publications

Carbon stocks in semi-arid pastoral ecosystems of northern Kenya

Carbon stocks in semi-arid pastoral ecosystems of northern Kenya

Review of Automatic Feature Extraction from High-Resolution Optical Sensor Data for UAV-Based Cadastral Mapping

Assessment of technical efficiency and its determinants in beef cattle production in Kenya

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