Pastoralist livelihoods and wildlife revenues in East Africa: a case for coexistence?

Pastoralism

Research, Policy and Practice

Table 1 Five study sites across Kenya and Tanzania Maasailand

Site	Area (km²)	Rain (mm/pa)	Number of hh in sample	AE/hh	TLU/AE	Livestock ownership by wealth	Reference
Mara	6,500	400 to 1,200	219	7.4	13	Top 25% own 58% TLU (1998) (dropping to 36% in 2004)	Thompson et al.2009
Kitengela	390	<600	177	4	7.2	Top 20% own 47% TLUs	Nkedianye et al.2009
Amboseli	8,400	350 to 600	184	8.9	6.3	Top 10% own 45% TLU	BurnSilver 2009
Longido	9,220	300 to 600	229	8.9	4.2	Top 7% own 50% TLU	Chenevix Trench et al.2009
Tarangire	22,200	650	194^a	5.7	3.8	Top 20% own 66% TLUs	Sachedina and ChenevixTrench 2009

Hh Household, AE adult equivalent, TLU tropical livestock unit. For technical definitions, seeSellen 2003. ^aIn Tarangire, a sub-sample of 37 hh was studied in depth; 27 of these were also included in the broad-scale survey: livestock figures are derived from these.