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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of human and livestock populations in Ilmotiok and Tiamamut group ranches, Laikipia, Kenya

From: Pastoralist societies in flux: A conceptual framework analysis of herding and land use among the Mukugodo Maasai of Kenya

Census data

Ilmotiok group ranch

Tiamamut group ranch

Size (hectares)

3,651

5,240

Number of households

110

242

People

998

1,552

Cattle

207

643

Small stock (goats/sheep)

3,197

6,560

Camels

15

113

Chickens

651

716

Hectares of land per person

3.65

3.37

Hectares of land per TLU

5.13

3.03

LLU per person

0.78

1.23

TLU per person

1.14

1.12

  1. This human and livestock population data was collected during a group ranch-wide census campaign in 2010
  2. LLU lactating livestock unit, TLU total livestock unit