Chapter 37. Lee M. Talbot. 1972. Ecological consequences of rangeland development in Masailand, East Africa. Pages 694-711.

Keywords: the Masai live in largely arid lands based on semi-nomadic pastoralism, efforts to assist the Masai through rangeland improvement and development have largely failed and contributed to long term deterioration of the range resources culminating in a catastrophic famine in which most Masai livestock and many Masai died, Masai history, Masai resource use, livestock limiting factors and rangeland development activities, example of two grazing development projects, Kenya, Tanzania