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Informationen zum Autor Alice Hovorka is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Guelph! Ontario! Canada. Henk de Zeeuw is the Director of the RUAF Foundation (International Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security). Mary Njenga is a researcher with Urban Harvest! the CGIAR system-wide Initiative on Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture! convened by the International Potato Centre. Klappentext Women Feeding Cities analyses the roles of women and men in urban food production and is essential reading for policy makers, planners, researchers and practitioners working on urban agriculture programmes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prelims (Preface); 1. Gender in urban agriculture: an introduction; Alice Hovorka! Henk de Zeeuw and Mary Njenga; Part I - Case Studies; 2. Gender dimensions of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Hyderabad! India; Gayathri Devi and Stephanie Buechler; 3. Gender in jasmine fl ower-garland livelihoods in peri-urban Metro Manila! Philippines; Raul Boncodin! Arma Bertuso! Jamie Gallentes! Dindo Campilan! Rehan Abeyratne and Helen Dayo; 4. Gender and urban agriculture: the case of Accra! Ghana; Lesley Hope! Olufunke Cofie! Bernard Keraita and Pay Drechsel; 5. Gender in urban food production in hazardous areas in Kampala! Uganda; Grace Nabulo! Juliet Kiguli and Lilian Kiguli; 6. Gender dynamics in the Musikavanhu urban agriculture movement! Harare! Zimbabwe; Percy Toriro; 7. Key gender issues in urban livestock keeping and food security in Kisumu! Kenya; Zarina Ishani; 8. Urban agriculture! poverty alleviation! and gender in Villa Maria del Triunfo! Peru; Noemi Soto! Gunther Merzthal! Maribel Ordones and Milagros Touzet; 9. Gender perspectives in organic waste recycling for urban agriculture in Nairobi! Kenya; Kuria Gathuru! Mary Njenga! Nancy Karanja and Patrick Munyao; 10. Urban agriculture as a strategy to promote equality of opportunities and rights for men and women in Rosario! Argentina; Mariana Ponce and Lucrecia Donoso; 11.The role of women-led micro-farming activities in combating HIV/AIDS in Nakuru! Kenya; Mary Njenga! Nancy Karanja! Kuria Gathuru! Samwel Mbugua! Naomi Fedha and Bernard Ngoda; 12. Gender dynamics of fruit and vegetable production and processing in peri-urban Magdalena! Sonora! Mexico; Stephanie Buechler; 13.Urban agriculture and gender in Carapongo! Lima! Peru; Blanca Arce! Gordon Prain and Luis Maldonado; 14. Gender and urban agriculture in Pikine! Senegal; Gora Gaye and Mamadou Ndong Toure; Part II - Guidelines for gender mainstreaming in urban agriculture research and development projects; 15. Incorporating gender in urban agriculture projects; Alice Hovorka! Henk de Zeeuw and Mary Njenga; 16. Beyond the project cycle: institutionalizing gendermainstreaming; Alice Hovorka! Henk de Zeeuw and Mary Njenga; 17. Tool box for gender-sensitive urban agriculture projects; Alice Hovorka! Henk de Zeeuw and Mary Njenga; Back Matter (Resources! Annotated bibliography! Contributors! Index) ...
