Women Feeding Cities - Mainstreaming Gender in Urban Agriculture and Food Security (Paperback)

Poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition have become critical urban problems. Meeting this challenge, in many cities around the world, women play a crucial role in household food production, growing vegetables in gardens and vacant urban spaces, raising animals, and trading in fresh and cooked foods .They boost household nutrition as well as generating income and building social inclusion among the urban poor. Women's vital contribution, however, has largely been neglected by city officials, economic planners and development practitioners, who have tended to concentrate on the industrialization of food production. 'Women Feeding Cities' analyses the roles of women and men in urban food production, and through case studies from three developing regions suggests how women's contribution might be maximized. In the second part, detailed guidelines and tools show how to bring women into the mainstream of urban agriculture research and development. Providing evidence from around the world as well as field-tested guidelines, Women Feeding Cities is essential reading for policy makers, planners, researchers and practitioners working on urban agriculture programmes.This book arises from the Urban Harvest Initiative (CGIAR) and the Cities Farming for the Future programme (RUAF Foundation) and was made possible thanks to a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.

General

Imprint:	Practical Action Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2009
First published:	April 2009
Editors:	Alice Hovorka • Henk de Zeeuw • Mary Njenga
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	390
ISBN-13:	978-1-85339-685-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Agriculture & related industries Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-85339-685-0
Barcode:	9781853396854

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