relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/10011/
title: Gender Roles and Constraints in Beekeeping: A Case from Kitui County, Kenya
creator: Mburu, P D M
creator: Affognon, H D
creator: Irungu, P
creator: Mburu, J
creator: Raina, S
subject: African Agriculture
subject: Gender Research
subject: Kenya
description: Beekeeping is a form of agriculture that  involves management of wild or domesticated  bee colonies for production of  honey and wax. Generally, in Kenya,  women perform most of the agricultural  activities (GOK, 2005; Oduol et al., 2013).  Even though they play a major role in  these activities, they end up receiving a  fraction of the income generated. In most  of the African countries, beekeeping has  often been a male-dominated enterprise  (Nel & Illgner, 2004; Ogaba & Akongo,  2001; Shackleton, Paumgarten, Kassa,  Husselman, & Zida, 2011). However, with  intervention from rural development  agencies, a change in this practice could  occur...
publisher: Taylor & Francis
date: 2017-06
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/10011/1/Gender%20Roles%20and%20Constraints%20in%20Beekeeping.pdf
identifier:   Mburu, P D M and Affognon, H D and Irungu, P and Mburu, J and Raina, S  (2017) Gender Roles and Constraints in Beekeeping: A Case from Kitui County, Kenya.  Bee World, 94 (2).  pp. 54-59.  ISSN 0005-772X     
relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0005772X.2016.1275490
relation: 10.1080/0005772X.2016.1275490