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rev_number: 11
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datestamp: 2017-05-17 08:38:39
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Mburu, P D M
creators_name: Affognon, H D
creators_name: Irungu, P
creators_name: Mburu, J
creators_name: Raina, S
icrisatcreators_name: Affognon, H D
affiliation: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) (Nairobi)
affiliation: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi (Kangemi)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bamako)
country: Kenya
country: Mali
title: Gender Roles and Constraints in Beekeeping: A Case from Kitui County, Kenya
ispublished: pub
subjects: s28
subjects: s333
subjects: s65
divisions: CRPS1
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Gender, Beekeeping
abstract: 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...
date: 2017-06
date_type: published
publication: Bee World
volume: 94
number: 2
publisher: Taylor & Francis
pagerange: 54-59
id_number: 10.1080/0005772X.2016.1275490
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0005-772X
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0005772X.2016.1275490
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   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     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/10011/1/Gender%20Roles%20and%20Constraints%20in%20Beekeeping.pdf