Combating Desertification in Kenya: Emerging Lessons from Empowering Local Communities

Combating Desertification in Kenya

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Combating Desertification in Kenya: Emerging Lessons from Empowering Local Communities

August 15, 2013

The Arid and Semi-Arid lands (ASAL) constitute about 80% (467,200 sq. km) of Kenya’s total land mass and is grouped into geographical zones including the Savannah covering most of the North- eastern and South-eastern parts, the Coastal region, the North Rift Valley, the Highlands and the Lake Victoria Basin. The ASAL host about 35% of Kenyas population (13 million people) and over 60% of its inhabitants live below the poverty line, subsisting on less than one US dollar per day....

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