Is Settling Good for Pastoralists? The Effects of Pastoral Sedentarization on Children’s Nutrition, Growth, and Health among Rendille and Ariaal of Marsabit District, Northern Kenya.
The settling of formerly mobile pastoral populations is occurring rapidly throughout East Africa. Pastoral sedentarization has been encouraged by international development agencies and national
governments to alleviate problems of food insecurity, health care delivery, and national
integration. However, it has not been demonstrated that abandoning the pastoral way of
life, and particularly access to livestock products, has been beneficial to the health and well-being of
pastoral populations.