@article{Laibuni:276020,
      recid = {276020},
      author = {Laibuni, N. and Kirui, L.},
      title = {Transforming Livestock Production through Systems Thinking  Approach: the case of West Pokot and Narok Counties},
      address = {2018-07},
      number = {2058-2018-5328},
      pages = {22},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {There have been a good number of livestock production  studies in Kenya at micro-level. However, most of these  micro-level analyses have not been able to show the  feedback between the livestock sector and the rest of the  economy. System dynamics is one of the powerful tools in  the field of system thinking which can be used to show this  interaction. In order to accomplish these, a series of  interviews and workshops was undertaken to identify the  problematic situation of smallholder beef farming in West  Pokot and Narok Counties. To describe its linkages, this  problematic situation was then translated into a causal  loop diagram from which the systems archetypes were  identified. The nature of each archetype is described, and  the implications for identification of the possible system  leverage points are discussed. This paper provides a  preliminary insight into the application of system thinking  in analyzing the small-holder beef production in Kenya.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/276020},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.276020},
}