Women Feeding Cities

Abstract

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)