Poverty and Food Dynamics in Arid and Semi Arid Lands in Kenya : A Case of Kitui District

This book brings into focus the challenges of food andpoverty in arid and semi arid lands in Kenya. Theseare areas which have perpetually been hithard by drought and famine. These natural calamities lead to loss of livestock and crop failures.The hard life in the arid and semi-arid areas has necessitated innovative strategies of survival to counter the repeated cycles of unreliable rains in order toacquire daily livelihoods by households in these areas.