Diversity in income-generating activities for sedentarized pastoral women in northern Kenya

I. Nduma; P. Kristjanson; J. McPeak

Diversity in income-generating activities for sedentarized pastoral women in northern Kenya

2000

I. Nduma | P. Kristjanson | J. McPeak

This article explores how women adopt new town-based income generation activties as they settle around market centres. The study focuses on this process among East Africa pastoralists. The study finds that:while settling in or near towns presents women with new opportunities, household poverty may prevent them from exploiting these opportunities or lead them to adopt environmentally unsustainable survival strategies that contribute to the localized degradation of the natural resource basesmall scale trading, has become increasingly important as market integration increases in northern KenyaKorr women are by no means all pursuing the same income generating activitiesThe article recommends that potential poverty alleviation strategies include:emphasis on research and investments aimed at improvements in milk marketing opportunities and efficienciesincreasing regional employment opportunitiesstrengthening collective action by pastoral womenincreasing women's level of participation in decision making aimed at sustainable use of natural resources

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Mots clés AGROVOC

biology diversification drugs east africa electronics food security game gender human population livelihoods migration participation pastoralist policies shops technology weather weathering women

Informations bibliographiques

Editeur

International Livestock Research Institute

D'autres materias

Pastoralism diversification; Agriculture and food.animal production and health; Sedentarisation; Workingwomen; Livelihood; Agriculture and food.pastoralism.pastoralism gender; Agriculture and food; Urban migration; Pastoralism east africa; Household poverty income; Food security.livelihoods.livelihoods migration; Town; Pastoralism gender; Agriculture and food.pastoralism; Food security.livelihoods

Langue

anglais

Note

How do East African pastoralist women adapt to living in towns?

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