Dr Samuel Lunn-Rockliffe and Professor Henrietta Moore The dry plains of the semi-arid Kerio Valley, northwest Kenya, have long been a focal point for agricultural interventions striving to create rural prosperity. Built on the unwavering premise that improving agrarian life is achieved through market integration and economic growth, a century of imposed development has seen the introduction of numerous schemes promoting cash cropping, infrastructural modernisation and land enclosure. The su...