Feeding of Livestock

This report is an attempt at a comparative evaluation of different sorts of drought mitigation interventions in the pastoral livestock sector, based primarily on interventions that were attempted in Northern Kenya during the drought of 1999-2001. The interventions concerned had already been evaluated by Aklilu and Wekesa (2001) and the authors are indebted to their work. Our original intention was not only to complement their analysis with more in-depth participatory evaluations (see Stockwatch 2002a and b), but also a more formal cost-benefit analysis. Despite efforts to collect quantified data from implementing agencies, this second aim was only partially successful, for reasons that throw light on the need for more co-ordinated monitoring and evaluation of drought mitigation. This report will present: firstly some elements of a comparative cost: benefit analysis and lessons therefrom; secondly the most important cross-cutting lessons from the participatory evaluations; and thirdly lessons learnt about each of the major types of drought mitigation intervention