Sustainable Development in the Periphery
Is There a Way Out From Food Relief for the Turkana in Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12307481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Virtanen (0000-0003-4322-1033, Tampere University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 77-83 |
| Publication date | 1996-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sustainable Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-0802 • E-ISSN: 1099-1719 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/(sici)1099-1719(199608)4:2<77::aid-sd44>3.0.co;2-t |
| OpenAlex | W1971578697 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Sustainable development is hard to achieve, especially if the target is food security in drought-prone, economically and ecologically marginal pastoral areas such as the Turkana District in Kenya. A brief historical account is given of the famine relief and development efforts in the area and their impact is analysed from a local point of view. The main conclusion is that previous activities have largely ignored the existing social basis for development and thus they have failed to create a sustainable institutional framework. Although there are presently some encouraging signs that new, locally based efforts are taking root, their success will depend on the creation of an enabling socio-political environment by the national authorities and international aid organizations. This paper is based on field data collected in Turkana in 1987, supplemented by research reports and other project-based secondary data
Biology · Environmental planning · Geography · Sustainable development · Agricultural risk and resilience · Human Rights and Development · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |