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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 narr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Verma, Ritu (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, [2001]
Temas:
Sustainable agriculture > Kenya > Maragoli Region.
Women farmers > Kenya > Maragoli Region > Social conditions.
Soil degradation > Kenya > Maragoli Region.
Land use > Kenya > Maragoli Region.
Women > Kenya > Maragoli Region > Social conditions.
Agriculture durable > Kenya > Maragoli, Région de.
Agricultrices > Kenya > Maragoli, Région de > Conditions sociales.
Sols > Dégradation > Kenya > Maragoli, Région de.
Utilisation du sol > Kenya > Maragoli, Région de.
Femmes > Kenya > Maragoli, Région de > Conditions sociales.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
Land use
Social conditions
Soil degradation
Sustainable agriculture
Women farmers > Social conditions
Women > Social conditions
Landwirtschaft
Maragoli (Kenya) > Social conditions.
Maragoli, Région de (Kenya) > Conditions sociales.
Kenya > Maragoli
Ostafrika
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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?"

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