Publications

Bostedt G., Sandorf E, Mureithi S, Muricho D. 2023. Unravelling the pastoralist paradox – preferences for land tenure security and flexibility in Kenya. Environment and Development Economics, 1-23. DOI:10.1017/S1355770X22000298

Bostedt, G., Knutsson, P., Muricho, D. et al. "Adaptive pastoralists—Insights into local and regional patterns in livelihood adaptation choices among pastoralists in Kenya." Pastoralism 13, 26 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-023-00290-8

Knutsson P, Mureithi SM, Wredle E, Nyberg G. 2021. Perspectives on enclosures in pastoralist drylands: From contradictory evidence to the formulation of innovative land management strategies. World Development Perspectives 23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2021.100351

Sala SM, Otieno DJ, Nzuma JM, Mureithi SM. 2020. Determinants of pastoralists’ participation in commercial fodder markets for livelihood resilience in drylands of northern Kenya: Case of Isiolo County. Pastoralism, Policy and Practice. Springer open https://pastoralismjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13570-020-00166-1

Rossi M, Rembold F, Bolognesi M, Nori M, Mureithi S, Nyberg G. 2019. Mapping land enclosures and vegetation cover changes in the surroundings of Kenya's Dadaab refugee camps with very high-resolution satellite imagery. Land Degradation & Development 30(3): 253-265. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3212

Nyberg, Gert, et al. "Enclosures as a land management tool for food security in African drylands." Journal of Land Use Science 14.1 (2019): 110-121.

Muricho, Deborah Namayi, et al. "Building pastoralists’ resilience to shocks for sustainable disaster risk mitigation: Lessons from West Pokot County, Kenya." International journal of disaster risk reduction 34 (2019): 429-435.

Burian, Alfred, et al. "A community-based evaluation of population growth and agro-pastoralist resilience in Sub-Saharan drylands." Environmental Science & Policy 92 (2019): 323-330.

Oduor CO, NK Karanja, R. N. Onwong’a, SM Mureithi, D Pelster, G Nyberg. 2018. Enhancing Soil Organic Carbon, Particulate Organic Carbon and Microbial Biomass using Pasture Enclosures in Semi-arid Rangeland, Kenya. BMC Ecology. 18.1 (2018): 1-9. DOI: 10.1186/s12898-018-0202-z 

Muricho, Deborah Namayi, David Jakinda Otieno, and Willis Oluoch-Kosura. 2018 "The Role of Pastoralists Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in Reducing Household Food Insecurity in West Pokot, Kenya: A Binary Probit Analysis." Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 10.7: 236-245.

Oduor, Collins O., et al. "Pasture enclosures increase soil carbon dioxide flux rate in Semiarid Rangeland, Kenya." Carbon balance and management 13.1 (2018): 1-12.

Wernersson, Julia. "Rethinking identity in adaptation research: Performativity and livestock keeping practices in the Kenyan drylands." World Development 108 (2018): 283-295.

Bostedt, Göran, Agneta Hörnell, and Gert Nyberg. "Agroforestry extension and dietary diversity–an analysis of the importance of fruit and vegetable consumption in West Pokot, Kenya." Food Security 8.1 (2016): 271-284.

Nyberg, Gert, et al. "Enclosures in West Pokot, Kenya: Transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands." Pastoralism 5.1 (2015): 1-12.

Karmebäck, Vera N., et al. "Assessing gender roles in a changing landscape: diversified agro-pastoralism in drylands of West Pokot, Kenya." Pastoralism 5.1 (2015): 1-8.

Wairore, John N., et al. "Enclosing the commons: reasons for the adoption and adaptation of enclosures in the arid and semi-arid rangelands of Chepareria, Kenya." SpringerPlus 4.1 (2015): 1-11.

Wairore, John N., et al. "Benefits Derived from Rehabilitating a Degraded Semi‐Arid Rangeland in Private Enclosures in West Pokot County, Kenya." Land degradation & development 27.3 (2016): 532-541.

Wairore, John Ndung’U., et al. "Characterization of enclosure management regimes and factors influencing their choice among agropastoralists in North-Western Kenya." Pastoralism 5.1 (2015): 1-10.

Ward, Cecilia, 2024. The knowledge spread and role of kitchen gardens in Kenyan drylands.Including a fertiliser experiment with human urine. Second cycle, A2E. MSc thesis. Deptartment of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).

Bark, Caroline, 2024. Assessing the Impact of Restoration Interventions in the Kenyan Rangelands : A Case Study of the Chepareria Livestock Cafés. MSc thesis. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Uppsala University. UPTEC STS 24038.

Bile, Virginia. 2023. Effectiveness of soil conservation practices in semi-arid rangelands of Northern Kenya. MSc thesis in Natural Resources Management for Tropical Rural Development. University of Florence, Italy.

Swärd, Anna. 2023. Ecosystem services from woody vegetation in East African rangelands. MSc thesis. Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Mamo, Elema. 2022. Perception and management strategies for climate-induced risks among pastoralists and agro-pastoralists : a case study from dry land farming systems in northern Kenya. MSc thesis. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Cirani, Maddalena. 2019. Pokot Young Pastoralists at the Crossroads. Tradition, Modernity and Land Tenure Transformations in East Pokot, Kenya. MSc thesis. University of Gothenburg.

Muricho, Deborah N. 2018. A Socio-economic Analysis of the Role of Indigenous Knowledge and External Interventions in Pastoralists’ Livelihood Resilience in West Pokot County, Kenya. MSc thesis. University of Nairobi.

Waiganjo, Regina Wambui. 2017. Impact of enclosures on range productivity in Chepareria, West Pokot County, Kenya. MSc thesis. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. 

Löfqvist, Ditte. 2016. Nutritional value of pastures in enclosure systems in semi-arid rangelands of Chepareria, West Pokot, Kenya. MSc thesis. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).

Röhss, Eric. 2016. Embedded enclosures: A study of the political nature of land management institutions and their social effects in the Njemp flats, Kenya. MSc thesis. University of Gothenburg.

Engström, Freja. 2016. Breeding and Herd Structure in Livestock-based Agropastoralism Systems in Chepareria, West Pokot, Kenya. MSc thesis. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).

Gikonyo, Albert. 2016. Impact of enclosure management and age on topsoil organic carbon stocks in Chepareria, West Pokot County, Kenya. MSc thesis. Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Kawira, Caroline. 2016. Assessing the impact of restorative land transformations on household nutrition: A qualitative study of Chepareria, West Pokot, Kenya. MSc thesis. Ghent University.

Wittich, Simon. 2015. Between policy and practice – a qualitative study on smallholder commercialization in Chepareria and Kongelai, West Pokot, Kenya. MSc thesis. Lund University.

Grönvall, Antonia. 2015. Transition from nomadic pastoralism to livestock based agro-pastoralism-The case of animal husbandry inWest Pokot, Kenya. MSc thesis. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).

Wairore, John Ndung’u. 2015. Influence of Enclosure Management Systems on Rangeland Rehabilitation in Chepareria, West Pokot County, Kenya. BSc thesis. University of Nairobi.

Geutjes, Lotje. 2014. Coping with climate variability in West Pokot, Kenya. The influences of land use on responses to climate variability, by pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in arid and semi-arid areas of West Pokot, Kenya. MSc thesis. University of Gothenburg.

Saxer, Laura. 2014. From Communal to Private:Dynamics of a Changing Land Tenure System in Chepareria, West Pokot County, Kenya. MSc thesis. University of Gothenburg.

Svanlund, Sara. 2014. Carbon sequestration in the pastoral area of Chepareria, western Kenya – A comparison between open-grazing, fenced pastures and maize cultivations. MSc thesis. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).

Wernersson, Julia E. V. 2013. Towards a Critical Social Theory of Landscape Perceptions and Experiences of Land-use Change in Chepareria, Kenya. MSc thesis. University of Gothenburg.

Drylands Transform project in the IGAD region. 2023. Policy brief No ICPALD 33-CLE-2-2023

IGAD Resilience Focus Magazine. Issue no 8. Oct 2023

Drylands Transform project in the IGAD region. 2023. Policy brief No ICPALD 32-CLE-1-2023

Drylands Transform Brochure. 2021. Pathways and challenges towards a transformation of landscapes, livestock and livelihoods. A research project in the East African Drylands. 

Öborn, I. et al. 2021. Restoring Rangelands for Nutrition and Health for Humans and Livestock. Conference proceeedings. International grassland congress. Theme 1-2: Rangeland/Grassland Ecology - Poster sessions.

Field Report: Regenerative farming and kitchen gardening follow-up training and co-learning at Chepukat Village, Chepareria Ward, West Pokot County

Field report: IGAD Documentation and Farmer’s Field Day at the Livestock Cafés in West PokotCounty, Kenya and Napak District in Uganda
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Practical training on gully rehabilitation using vetiver grass at Chepukat livestock café site in Chepareria Ward, West Pokot County

Practical training on restoring degraded drylands for fodder production in Lokiriama, Turkana County and Chepareria, West Pokot County, Kenya

Kitchen Garden & Regenerative Agriculture Training at the Livestock Cafe in Chepareria Ward, West Pokot County

Livestock Café establishment and operationalisation in Uganda