Swynnerton's Plan

Swynnerton's Plan

Swynnerton's Plan was a colonial agricultural policy established in 1954 in Kenya. It aimed to intensify the development of African agriculture in the colony of Kenya. The plan emphasised the need to de-stock pastoralists and introduce grazing controls. K.M. Witsenburg, A.W. Roba (2004) Surviving pastoral decline : pastoral sedentarisation, natural resource management and livelihood diversification in Marsabit District, Northern Kenya Deel: Vol. I. Page 693.]

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