Ventures Within Fisheries Value Chain that Men and Women Participate in Nairobi City County, Kenya
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Date
2017
Authors
Kizito, Paul
Kimani, Elishiba
Lodiaga, Mildred
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Publisher
Society for Science and Education
Abstract
The government of Kenya has put in place an integrated package of service to reduce
gender disparities through credit facilitation, which includes business skills, enhanced
and increased access to the viable markets among others. It is in this respect that this
study sought to establish the status of men and women in the entrepreneurial fisheries
activities in Kenya; with an objective to establish various ventures within fisheries
value chain that men and women participate. The social structural theory developed by
Connell (1987) based on patriarchal system and social mechanisms in place to
reinforce and sustain the ideology. The theory provides a substantive justification of
women’s subordination in the fisheries value chain. The study findings showed that
men were prominent in economically high end City market and South C market while
women were more in the marginal Kariobangi market. The findings revealed that men
had controlled the high-end value chains namely; aquaculture/fish harvesting,
transportation, distribution, middle trade, and large scale while women were more
focused on the lower end value chain namely; grading/sorting/gleaning and market
sellers.
Description
A research article published in Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
Keywords
Gender, participation, value chain, gender division of labour, sex division of labour Cathexis
Citation
Kizito, P., Kimani, E., & Lodiaga, M. (2017). Ventures Within Fisheries Value Chain that Men and Women Participate in Nairobi City County, Kenya. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 4(8) 32-41.