TheImprovement ofTropical and Subtropical Rangelands
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336 IMPROVEMENT OF TROPIOAL AND SUBTROPIOAL RANGELANDS TABLE 100a GraM Retuma from WUdllfe, 1~1-1814 Avenp Total Care... Sale Number Income Vear Price/kc Price/It, ICc Sold of Borna· (K/lh)" 1981 25 U 10,SSO 580 816,000 1082 26 8.6 24,045 527 810,000 1983 al 14.1 26,661 562 1,022,000 1984 a5 sa.5 a5,010 727 1,527,085 •An ...umed price of 200 K/lh per animal II UMd for hid.. and horna• ••An approximate conval'lion throueh the period would be U = 10 K/lh Note: The income recorded above wu that actually obtalned from the wildlife ranchinl operatioDl, Ulini ...umed fiIurea only for hid.. and horna. (Due to IOvemment reatrietioDl, th_ itelDl are yet to be IOld.) sausages, and biltong or jerky. An average price of over 39 K/sh (Kenya shillings) per kg gave a gross return of 1.37 million K/sh for meat products. Table 10-3 shows gross returns from wildlife over the four-year period. How does the data relate and compare to traditional cattle ranching? To answer this we will look at an economic survey commissioned by Comell University specifically to establish the viability of cattle ranching in the area of WRR. The average ranch size of the 10 ranches sampled was 9,193 hectares. Averages of all the physical and economic measures and the technical coefficients of these ranches were used to construct a budget representing the average commercial cattle ranch in the district. We will use this average scenario because it reflects actual production and income figures for the area in the same way as our wildlife data represents actual findings on WRR. Costs and prices used are for the year 1980, yielding gross returns for the ranch of 919,200 K/sh. Cash expenditure was 830,054 K/sh, leaving a net profit of 89,146 K/sh. Assuming sales averaging 6 K/sh per kg live weight (the prevailing prices), and dressing out percentages of 50 percent, these figures translate into a production level of 8.33 kg per hectare of carcass weight, yielding grou and net returns of 100.00 and 9.70 K/sh per hectare, respectively, for 1980. Assuming a 10 percent increase per year in both income and cost, grou and net returns are shown for the succeeding four years in figure 10-1. Figure 10-1 compares this grou and net income with WRR income, a mixed wildlife and cattle operation. The wildlife data is

WlLDLII'E LAND USE AT THE ATHI RIVER, KENYA 337 A f22l Average Cattle Ranch, Machakos District ~ Wildlife Ranching and Research 1981 1982 1983 200 B UJ ~ ::c 100 II: ~ UJ ~ 8 ~ tu Z FIGURE 10-1 1981 CompariaoD of croe. and Det return•. 1984 [ 1.)ltIZ 'd byCoogIe

WlLDLII'E LAND USE AT THE ATHI RIVER, KENYA<br />

337<br />

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f22l Average Cattle Ranch, Machakos District<br />

~ Wildlife Ranching <strong>and</strong> Research<br />

1981<br />

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FIGURE 10-1<br />

1981<br />

CompariaoD of croe. <strong>and</strong> Det return•.<br />

1984<br />

[ 1.)ltIZ 'd byCoogIe

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