TY - JOUR AV - restricted A1 - Mburu, P D M A1 - Affognon, H D A1 - Irungu, P A1 - Mburu, J A1 - Raina, S TI - Gender Roles and Constraints in Beekeeping: A Case from Kitui County, Kenya UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0005772X.2016.1275490 JF - Bee World SN - 0005-772X PB - Taylor & Francis N2 - 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... KW - Gender KW - Beekeeping Y1 - 2017/06// SP - 54 ID - icrisat10011 EP - 59 VL - 94 IS - 2 ER -