Women feeding cities: Mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture and food security

This book seeks to draw our attention to the role of women – especially low-income women – in food production and to provide development workers with the tools to ensure that gender is prioritised in food security initiatives. Part I focuses on gender in agriculture and features case-studies from ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hovorka, A., Zeeuw, Henk de, Njenga, M.
Format: Libro
Published: CTA / Practical Action 2009
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81070
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Summary:This book seeks to draw our attention to the role of women – especially low-income women – in food production and to provide development workers with the tools to ensure that gender is prioritised in food security initiatives. Part I focuses on gender in agriculture and features case-studies from around the world. Part II provides guidelines for gender mainstreaming in urban agriculture projects.