{"id":451,"date":"2026-04-18T15:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/?page_id=451"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:59:14","slug":"perspectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/maasai-herdsmen-\u2026ty-over-quantity\/ \u200e\">Maasai herdsmen value quality over quantity<\/a>, by Felix Muchiri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maasai herdsmen value quality over quantity, by Felix Muchiri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1081,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"coauthors":[19],"class_list":["post-451","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Perspectives - African Livestock Observatory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Perspectives - African Livestock Observatory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maasai herdsmen value quality over quantity, by Felix Muchiri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"African Livestock Observatory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-19T14:59:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/357\/2026\/04\/Picture1-Copy-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"602\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"316\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"Andrew Ainslie\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/\",\"name\":\"Perspectives - African Livestock Observatory\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-18T14:49:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-19T14:59:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Perspectives\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/\",\"name\":\"African Livestock Observatory\",\"description\":\"Centering African Voices in Livestock, Climate and Livelihoods\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Perspectives - African Livestock Observatory","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Perspectives - African Livestock Observatory","og_description":"Maasai herdsmen value quality over quantity, by Felix Muchiri","og_url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/","og_site_name":"African Livestock Observatory","article_modified_time":"2026-04-19T14:59:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":602,"height":316,"url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/357\/2026\/04\/Picture1-Copy-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute","Written by":"Andrew Ainslie"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/","url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/","name":"Perspectives - African Livestock Observatory","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-04-18T14:49:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-19T14:59:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/perspectives\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Perspectives"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/#website","url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/","name":"African Livestock Observatory","description":"Centering African Voices in Livestock, Climate and Livelihoods","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1081"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/451\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/african-livestock-observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}