Urban crop production and poverty alleviation in Eldoret, Kenya: Implications for policy and gender planning

Romborah R Simiyu and Dick WJ Foeken
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Romborah R Simiyu: Moi University, Kenya
Dick WJ Foeken: African Studies Centre, The Netherlands

Urban Studies, 2014, vol. 51, issue 12, 2613-2628

Abstract: Urban agriculture (UA) has recently received increasing attention in both scholarly and policy cycles as a potential tool for poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper focuses on urban crop cultivation (UCC) and examines men’s and women’s motives and needs in UCC, the (perceived) contribution of UCC to household livelihoods, and the benefits men and women derive from it. Although the contribution of UCC to overall household food and incomes appeared to be modest, for the majority of farming households such benefits were nonetheless greatly valued and bore varied and important meanings for men and women. The paper also examines the implications of recent national UA policy responses in Kenya for urban development and household livelihoods, and for equitable distribution of UA’s benefits for men and women.

Keywords: gender; Kenya; policy; poverty alleviation; urban crop production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098013506046

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