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    Gender -Related Factors that Influence Women and Men’s Participation in Small-Scale Greenhouse Farming in The Peri-Urban Area of Ongata Rongai, Kenya
    (THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES Vol 8 Issue 7 DOI No.: 10.24940/theijhss/2020/v8/i7/HS2007-092 July , 2020, 2020-07) Mutuma, Sheila Ncheri; Ngare, Grace Wamue; Okemwa, Pacificah
    Gender-related factors often influence the participation of women and men in small-scale agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is because the dynamics associated with small-scale peri-urban greenhouse farming are considerably different from small-scale farming in general due to context specific factors. This paper therefore, sought to establish the effect of these on greenhouse farming in the peri-urban area of Ongata Rongai, Kenya. A descriptive survey design was used to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. The study concludes that understanding the gender diversity is crucial in explaining women and men’s participation in small-scale greenhouse farming. It therefore, recommended that gender responsive measures need to be implemented to help more women and men not only to adopt and benefit from small-scale greenhouse farming but also optimize their participation.
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    The Influence of Gendered Access/ Control of Land and Dairy Products on Household Welfare in Murang’a County, Kenya
    (Journal of Advanced Research in Humanities and Social Science, 2020) Mwangi, Judy Wambui; Kimani, Elishiba Njambi
    Studies have revealed that there is existing gender inequality in access and control of resources, benefits and opportunities in the society including agricultural resources and benefits. This informed the concern of this study which sought to investigate the influence of the gendered access and control of land and dairy products on household welfare. The study was done in Murang’a County-Kenya. The study was guided by the Marxist feminism theory advanced by Friedrich Engels. It adopted a cross-sectional research design. A purposive sampling technique was used to select Kigumo out of the seven Sub-counties in Murang’a County as the study area. Further, a simple random sampling technique was used to select a total of four hundred and forty-two (442) male and female headed households practicing dairy farming in the Sub-county as the respondents of the study. The community leaders and key county officers were also included as key informants. To collect the data, the study used interview schedules for the selected household heads, guided questionnaires for the key informants and an observation checklist. Qualitative data was analyzed on the basis of themes derived from the study objective while quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS. The household welfare was gauged on the basis of the parameters drawn from the Constitution of Kenya (2010) Article 43 on social and economic rights namely health, housing, food, water and education. The study established that gendered access and control of land and dairy products has a major influence on the provision of household welfare.
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    Perceptions of men and women on gendered access and control of land and dairy products in Muranga county, Kenya
    (Global Scientific Journals, 2020-07) Mwangi, Judy Wambui; Kimani, Elishiba Njambi; Masiga, Casper Operee
    This study sought to investigate men and women’s perceptions on gendered access and control of land and dairy products in Murang’a County-Kenya. It was guided by the Marxist feminism theory advanced by Friedrich Engels (1884) and Women Empowerment Framework (WEF) by Sarah Longwe (1991). The study utilized a cross-sectional research design.Further, a purposive sampling technique was used to select Kigumo Sub-county as the area of the study, out of the six sub-counties in Murang’a County. Additionally, a simple random sampling technique was used to select four hundred and forty-two (442) male and female headed households, practicing dairy farming in the Sub-county to participate in the study. Also selected to participate in the study were the community leaders and key county officers as key informants. Study instruments utilized for the purpose of generating the required datawere interview schedules for the selected male and female household heads, a guided questionnaire for the key informants and an observation checklist. Data was analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Data analysis revealed that male and female household heads held different perceptions in relation to gendered access and control to land and dairy products, with a biasagainst women. The perceptions were found to have been mostly influenced by culture, religion, lack of awareness on legal requirements and individuals’ level of formal education. GSJ