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Demand and supply changes in the livestock sector and their impact on smallholders: the case of dairying in Kenya: a summary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

S.J. Staal ,
M.M. Waithaka ,
G.A. Owour  and
M. Herrero
S.J. Staal
Affiliation:
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya
M.M. Waithaka
Affiliation:
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), PO Box 57811, Nairobi, Kenya
G.A. Owour
Affiliation:
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya
M. Herrero
Affiliation:
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK
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Smallholder dairy production in Kenya is one of the developing world’s success stories. Kenya's improved dairy cattle herd of more than 3 million is the largest in Africa, and significantly is held mostly by smallholders. As a result, dairy production is a major part of the agricultural sector and an important source of livelihoods for at least an estimated 600,000 smallholder farm families in Kenya (Omore et al., 1999). Compared to its neighbours, the country has a welldeveloped dairy production and processing industry, and the country has broadly managed to be self-reliant in dairy products, so that except during extreme dry years, imports are negligible.

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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 33: Responding to the Livestock Revolution , 2004 , pp. 323 - 331
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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