| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 263 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263). |
| 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. |
| 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?" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainable agriculture -- Kenya -- Maragoli Region.
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Sustainable agriculture. |
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Kenya. |
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Women farmers -- Kenya -- Maragoli Region -- Social conditions.
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Women farmers. |
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Social conditions. |
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Soil degradation -- Kenya -- Maragoli Region.
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Soil degradation. |
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Land use -- Kenya -- Maragoli Region.
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Land use. |
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Women -- Kenya -- Maragoli Region -- Social conditions.
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Women. |
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Maragoli (Kenya) -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
International Development Research Centre (Canada)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Verma, Ritu. Gender, land, and livelihoods in East Africa. Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, ©2001 0889369291 9780889369290 (DLC) 2002318374 (OCoLC)47705026 |
| ISBN |
0889369291 |
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9780889369290 |
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155250283X (electronic book) |
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9781552502839 (electronic book) |
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1280849991 |
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9781280849992 |
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