Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative: A Living from Livestock. Pathways out of Poverty in Western Kenya and the Role of Livestock

Kristjanson, P.;Krishna, A.;Radeny, M.;Nindo, W.

Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative: A Living from Livestock. Pathways out of Poverty in Western Kenya and the Role of Livestock

Analytical Tools EASYPol Module 197. PPLPI Working Paper 14

Year of publication 2004

Pages 30 p.

Author Kristjanson, P.;Krishna, A.;Radeny, M.;Nindo, W.

Publisher FAO ;

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Series title Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI) Research Report

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Synopsis (short abstract) This is the fourteenth of a series of Working Papers prepared for the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI). The purpose of these papers is to explore issues related to livestock development in the context of poverty alleviation. A community-based methodology called the ‘stages of progress’ approach was used to assess household poverty dynamics in 20 communities and for over 1,700 households representing two different ethnic groups in Western Kenya. The objectives of the study were to o btain a better understanding of households’ pathways into, and out of, poverty, with poverty defined from the communities’ own perspective. The proportion of households that have managed to escape poverty over the last 25 years was ascertained, as well as the proportion of households that have fallen into poverty during the same period. The major reasons for movements into or out of poverty were elicited at both the community and household-level, and in particular, the role that livestock play in the different pathways was examined.

Language English

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