Working Document Series Open Access 2010 RUF-35172

Population increase and socio-economic changes in a pastoral society: The case of the Turkana, Kakuma division, Kenya

W.N. EkayaM. Okoti

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We studied the impact of settlement on socio-economic patterns and environment quality among the Turkana pastoral communities in Kenya. We used open-ended and close-ended questionnaire and focus group discussion. The majority of the people were pastoralists, keeping animals around the camp most times (65%), but also migrating regularly (35%). There was considerable land degradation, due to increase in animal and human populations. Cutting down of trees for charcoal was widespread.

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