Man-made famine in eastern Kenya: the interrelationship of environment and development
Wisner, B.
African Environment Special Report 5: 194-215
1977
Document Number: 335692
These marginal areas inevitably saw crop failures, devegetation, and erosion when they could no longer support the increased cultivation and grazing. The most productive areas were not producing food even if those controlling these areas had been willing to sacrifice profit for famine aid.
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