Focus on Africa: Kenya Lesson Brief, Group Ranches

This lesson brief follows the modernization of pastoral livestock production in Kenya. This lesson brief is part of the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool. Rangelands and pastoralists in Kenya have received considerable attention from government. A range of policies and investments have been designed to sedentarize pastoralists and modernize livestock production. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the government introduced group ranches which allowed a group of pastoralists to jointly own and manage land. While promising, group ranches failed to achieve their objectives of commercializing production, improving pastoral wellbeing and improving environmental management.