TheImprovement ofTropical and Subtropical Rangelands
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340 IMPROVEMENT OF TROPIOAL AND SUBTROPIOAL RANGELANDS midpoint on the line between colUlervation and production, serving both while shortchanging neither. We must now uk what should be done with the encouraging results of this project. Can the model be applied in similar circumstances elsewhere? Does it offer a solution to the desperate problems of deteriorating rangelands in Africa and elsewhere, with the ass0­ ciated problems of food production and income generation? Is the system flexible enough to be applied by or for people with less specialized skills? How does it serve the interests of the indigenous population-the putoralists and others?

Case Study 11 Camel Husbandry in Kenya: Increasing the Productivity ofRanchland BY J.O. EVANS AND J.G. POWYS INTRODUCTION AB ranchers in Kenya, the authors of this paper have always BOught to obtain maximum production from their land. Several years ago, it became apparent that camels might contribute to this aim. Initial results and impressions are reported herewith. LOCATION Camels were introduced to four ranches between 1974 and 1978 (figure 11-1). They are: • Galana Ranch (more than 400,000 hectares), which is south of the equator in the hinterland of the Kenya coast. It lies on the fringe of the coastal rainbelt in semiarid savanna at an altitude of 270 m above sea level and receives an average rainfall of 550 mm. Tsetse fly (GlomftG spp.) and trypanosomiasis occur on parts of the ranch. • 01 Maisor, Kisima, and Ngare Ndare, which lie just north of the equator in Kenya's Laikipia district at altitudes of between 1,730 and 1,890 m above sea level. All three ranches comprise approximately 12,140 hectares and receive an annual average rainfall of 580mm. 341

340 IMPROVEMENT OF TROPIOAL AND SUBTROPIOAL RANGELANDS<br />

midpoint on the line between colUlervation <strong>and</strong> production, serving<br />

both while shortchanging neither.<br />

We must now uk what should be done with the encouraging<br />

results of this project. Can the model be applied in similar circumstances<br />

elsewhere? Does it offer a solution to the desperate problems<br />

of deteriorating rangel<strong>and</strong>s in Africa <strong>and</strong> elsewhere, with the ass0­<br />

ciated problems of food production <strong>and</strong> income generation? Is the<br />

system flexible enough to be applied by or for people with less specialized<br />

skills? How does it serve the interests of the indigenous<br />

population-the putoralists <strong>and</strong> others?

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