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Gender and Educational Dimensions of Handicraft Industry in Mwala District, Kenya
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2014-09)
In Kenya, communities have since time immemorial practised indigenous technologies such as woodcarving and
basket weaving. The “kiondo” (African Basket) for example, is now an international handicraft while the
woodcarvings ...
Forms of Gender Inequalities in Fish Farming in Kwnza Division, Trans Nzoia County, Kenya.
(IISTE, 2013)
Fish farming being a sub-sector in agriculture has a major contribution to the Kenyan economy and therefore
should be fully promoted to enhance its productivity. To achieve this, women who form a large proportion of ...
Gender Differences in Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Participation in Group-based Approaches: An Intra-household Analysis From Rural Kenya
(Elsevier, 2016-04)
Existing studies on adaptation to climate change mainly focus on a comparison of male-headed and female-headed households. Aiming at a more nuanced gender analysis, this study examines how husbands and wives within
the ...
Women in African Agriculture: Integrating Women into Value Chains to Build a Stronger Sector
(2018-10)
Women are under-acknowledged participants in Africa’s agriculture and food sector, supplying a large share of the labour, but facing significant obstacles, including unequal access to land, traditional division of labour, ...
Farmers’ intrinsic values for adopting climate-smart practices in Kenya: empirical evidence from a means-end chain analysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-03-03)
This study assesses intrinsic values and motivations farmers have for adopting various climate-smart agricultural practices in
Kenya. The qualitative method of laddering was employed as an interview technique, and means-end ...
Social networks and farmer exposure to improved crop varieties in Tanzania
(2014-09)
In Sub-Sahara Africa, adoption rates of improved crop varieties remain relatively
low, which is partly due to farmers’ limited access to information. In smallholder settings,
information often spreads through informal ...