Gender Inequality, Poverty and Human Development in Kenya: Main Indicators, Trends and Limitations

Kiriti, Tabitha; Tisdell, Clement A.

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“…Africa's regional and local economies identify agriculture as an important driver for growth; the sector supports food security and employs a large part of the population. Agricultural activities support the livelihoods of 86% of people who live in the rural areas and offer food to people in urban and peri-urban areas of Africa (Kiriti & Tisdell, 2003). Several distinct features characterize Africa's agricultural sector.…”

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“…The effect of gender on resources is also evident in the ability of male farmers to obtain more credit, use advanced technologies, and access agricultural extension services compared to female-managed farms (Thapa, 2008). Over 70% of women are involved in agricultural activities such as livestock rearing and cultivating commercial or subsistence crops (Kiriti & Tisdell, 2003). Despite their leading role in agriculture, female farmers display lower agricultural productivity levels than their male counterparts (Osuafor & Anarah, 2015).…”

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“…Nonetheless, the literature review displays the relative neglect of gender issues in research on agriculture and Irish potato farming in Uasin-Gishu and Kenya. Most studies theorized gender based on the socially constructed roles and positions of women and men (Thapa, 2008;Kiriti & Tisdell, 2003;Othman et al, 2017;Sabo, 2006). These notwithstanding, most studies on Irish potato farming in Kenya have concentrated on production interventions, technical efficiency, and constraints without addressing gender issues in depth (Daniel et al, 2010;Muthoni et al, 2013;Nyagaka et al, 2009).…”

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Gender Divide in Irish Potato Production among Farming Households in Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya

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Women contribute substantively to the agricultural sector and support food security. However, gender-based differences in terms of control and access to financial and productive resources inhibit their sustainability, resilience, and agricultural productivity. This study investigates the gender-based productivity differences in Irish potato production in Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya, and identifies the factors driving this disparity. This study adopted a cross-sectional field survey and simple random sampling to collect quantitative data from 256 respondents (67 female and 189 male farmers). The Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition model decomposed the gap into the endowment (differences in resource endowments) and structural (differences in return to the endowment factors) effects. Our study finds a production gap of 11% favoring male farmers, with a structural effect (53 %) larger than the endowment effect (33%). This study confirms that a notable number of factors, including land, education, climate-smart technologies, and fertilizer, cause the gap. Therefore, these factors represent the potential intervention areas in any attempt to reduce the gender gap. Policymakers should devise interventions through a gender lens against using a one-fits-all intervention to uplift female farmers from their low productivity traps.

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Mutable meanings: gender equality in education and international rights frameworks

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Gender equality in education has considerable prominence in a wide range of international treaties and declarations, encompassing those concerned with human rights, gender equality, the expansion of education and the reduction of poverty. Despite this, however, it has not been easy to realise gender equality in education at the national and local level in many countries. Although statistics on rising numbers of girls and boys enrolling in school and the improvements in attainment by many girls suggest large steps towards equality, these often mask persistent inequalities in which gender features prominently. This article examines why the international frameworks relating to gender equality in education are so difficult to realise. The discussion draws mainly on data collected from a three year research project in Kenya and South Africa on how international frameworks concerned with poverty, gender equality and education were negotiated in a range of local settings.

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Gender Inequality, Poverty and Human Development in Kenya: Main Indicators, Trends and Limitations

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Gender Divide in Irish Potato Production among Farming Households in Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya

Gender Divide in Irish Potato Production among Farming Households in Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya

Mutable meanings: gender equality in education and international rights frameworks

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