Is there development potential in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs)?

Anne Cussac (1)

1 Institut Pasteur de Lille

Arid and semi-arid lands, comprising about 55% of land in Africa and 80% of land in Kenya, are characterised by particularly harsh living conditions with low rainfall of between 100 to 600 millimetres per year. In these regions of a mainly pastoral population, the rate of poverty is often the highest. Isiolo District in Kenya, one of the 13 districts of the Eastern Province, has such an environment.

Mots clés: Arid; Environment; Pastoral; Kenya

Domaines: Littératures; Science politique

Anne Cussac. Is there development potential in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs)?: Notes on a mission carried out in Isiolo, Kenya; 10–11 April 2008. 2008. ⟨halshs-01207017⟩