Samburu community

The role of camels in livelihoods of Kenya pastoral communities has increased in the recent past event among traditionally cattle keepers. This has been seen has adaptive management strategy in response to increasing climatic variability and change. This change has been particularly evident among the Samburu community of northern Kenya. Camel keeping among the community appears to be a success story of a locally driven initiative by people who are typically thought to be amongst the most vulnerable to climate change and to have ‘low adaptive capacity’.