Gender, land and livelihoods in East Africa : through farmers' eyes / Ritu Verma.

By:

Verma, Ritu [author.]

Contributor(s):

International Development Research Centre (Canada) [issuing body.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0889369291
155250283X
9781552502839
1280849991
9781280849992
9780889369290

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gender, land, and livelihoods in East Africa.DDC classification:

630/.96762/8 21

LOC classification:

S473.K42 M34 2001eb

Other classification:

cci1icc
coll11
QS 000
POL 780f

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Contents:

Foreword; Preface; Dedication and Acknowledgements; PART I: Introduction; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Gender-based Research Methodology; PART II: The Context; Chapter Three: Maragoli in Context; PART IIl: The Gendered Terrain of the Farm; Chapter Four: Gender and the Micropolitics of Land; PART IV: Gender and the Politics of Labour: Between Toil and Soil; Chapter Five: The Diversity of Farmers' Gendered Experiences; Chapter Six: Diverse Farming and Soil Management Practices: "Don't You Know That Agriculture and Soils are the Same Thing?"

Summary: This book illustrates in rich detail the complexity and diversity of women's lives in Maragoli, western Kenya, as they work to sustain their soils and negotiate a plethora of competing demands and constraints in an increasingly stressful economic environment. With extensive use of personal narratives and photographs from the farmers of Maragoli, this book demonstrates that soil degradation is not simply a function of population pressure and ignorance; rather, it is embedded in gender relations and complex struggles at the local level.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263).

This book illustrates in rich detail the complexity and diversity of women's lives in Maragoli, western Kenya, as they work to sustain their soils and negotiate a plethora of competing demands and constraints in an increasingly stressful economic environment. With extensive use of personal narratives and photographs from the farmers of Maragoli, this book demonstrates that soil degradation is not simply a function of population pressure and ignorance; rather, it is embedded in gender relations and complex struggles at the local level.