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1 Hovorka, A.; Zeeuw, H.; Njenga, M. (Eds.) 2009. Women feeding cities: mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture and food security. Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Publishing. 390p.

Women ; Farmers ; Urban agriculture ; Gender ; Labor ; Farming ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Waste management ; Recycling ; Composting ; Decision making ; Food production ; Food security ; Livestock ; Case studies ; Poverty ; Households ; Development projects ; Research methods ; Monitoring ; Evaluation / India / Philippines / Ghana / Uganda / Zimbabwe / Kenya / Peru / Argentina / Mexico / Peru / Senegal / Hyderabad / Manila / Accra / Kampala / Harare / Kisumu / Nairobi / Nakuru / Sonora / Lima / Pikine

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338 G000 HOR Record No: H042304)

http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042304_TOC.pdf

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2 Hovorka, A.; Zeeuw, H.; Njenga, M. (Eds.) 2009. Women feeding cities: mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture and food security. Leusden, Netherlands: Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation) 1 CD.

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col. Record No: H035923)

3 Prain, G.; Karanja, N.; Lee-Smith, D. (Eds.) 2010. African urban harvest: agriculture in the cities of Cameroon, Kenya and Uganda. Ottawa, Canada: Springer. 322p.

Urban agriculture ; Crop production ; Livestock ; Organic fertilizers ; Composts / Africa / Cameroon / Uganda / Kenya / Kampala / Nairobi / Nakuru

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630 G100 PRA Record No: H043371)

http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043371_TOC.pdf

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4 Olago, D. O. 2019. Constraints and solutions for groundwater development, supply and governance in urban areas in Kenya. Hydrogeology Journal, 27(3):1031-1050. (Special issue: Groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-018-1895-y]

Groundwater development ; Water supply ; Water governance ; Urban areas ; Groundwater management ; Arid zones ; Aquifers ; Water quality ; Water availability ; Water policy ; Strategies ; Hydrogeology ; Models ; Case studies / Kenya / Kisumu / Nakuru / Lodwar / Wajir / Msambweni

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049360)

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Based on a five-town case-study cohort in Kenya, a conceptual framework has been developed to enable the formulation of holistic and effective strategies that encompass the national aspirations and regional to global sustainability agendas, and which can be used to monitor progress in achieving set objectives. The approach is flexible, scalable and transferrable, so that it can be applied in different contexts and using different indicators, based upon the same construct. Insufficient technical knowledge of urban aquifers and their interplay with the wider social-ecological system constrains the development of holistic, effective and robust management systems to ensure their sustainability for intended uses. The objective was to consider governance and management solutions that could promote water security for urban towns in Kenya through the sustainable use of groundwater in the context of its complex hydrogeology, water access disparities, competing uses and future risks. The in force national and county water policies, strategies, and plans for the case study areas were critically reviewed. The status of aquifer knowledge, water access disparities, competing uses, and risks was evaluated from critical literature reviews and data compilation, fieldwork, and analysis of indicator datasets from the Kenya 2009 census. Key aquifers need urgent characterisation to reverse the current situation whereby development proceeds with insufficient aquifer knowledge. Private sector and public participation in management should be enhanced through decentralised management approaches. Water infrastructure and technologies should be fit-for-purpose in application and scale, and the pro-poor focus should be underpinned by appropriately focused management regimes.

5 Ngigi, M. W.; Muange, E. N. 2022. Access to climate information services and climate-smart agriculture in Kenya: a gender-based analysis. Climatic Change, 174(3-4):21. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-022-03445-5]

Climate-smart agriculture ; Climate services ; Information services ; Access to information ; Gender analysis ; Climate change adaptation ; Strategies ; Women ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Social groups ; Weather forecasting ; Early warning systems ; Food security ; Agroforestry ; Models ; Econometrics / Kenya / Embu / Nakuru / Nyeri / Siaya

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051427)

https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051427.pdf

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Climate change is a significant threat to agriculture-related livelihoods, and its impacts amplify prevailing gender inequalities. Climate information services (CIS) are crucial enablers in adapting to climate change and managing climate-related risks by smallholder farmers. Even though various gender groups have distinct preferences, understandings, and uses of CIS, which affect adaptation decisions differently, there is little research on gender perspectives of CIS. This study employs a novel intra-household survey of 156 married couples to evaluate the gender-differentiated effects of CIS access on the adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies in Kenya. The findings reveal gender differences in access to CIS, with husbands having significantly more access to early warning systems and advisory services on adaptation. In contrast, wives had better access to weather forecasts. About 38% of wives perceived that CIS meets their needs, compared to 30% of husbands. As for CIS dissemination pathways, husbands preferred extension officers, print media, television, and local leaders, whereas wives preferred radio and social groups. Recursive bivariate probit analysis shows that trust in CIS, a bundle of CIS dissemination pathways, access to credit, and membership in a mixed-gender social group, affected access to CIS for both genders. Access to early warning systems and advisory services positively affected decisions to adopt CSA by both genders. Still, access to seasonal forecasts influenced husbands’ decisions to adopt CSA but not wives. Besides, there were gender differences in how CIS affected each CSA technology based on gendered access to resources and roles and responsibilities in a household. It is necessary to disseminate CIS through gender-sensitive channels that can satisfy the needs and preferences of different gender groups to encourage the adoption of climate-smart technologies.

6 Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Haileslassie, Amare; Magidi, J.; Nhamo, L. 2022. Irrigation suitability mapping examples from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Kenya. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa. 52p.

Irrigation management ; Land suitability ; Mapping ; Planning ; Soil texture ; Land use ; Land cover ; Rain ; Surface water ; Groundwater ; Slope ; Diversification ; Socioeconomic aspects / Zimbabwe / Zambia / Malawi / Kenya / Balaka / Nkhotakota / Monze / Chipata / Nakuru / Makueni / Masvingo / Makonde / Murehwa

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051676)

https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Other/PDF/irrigation_suitability_mapping_examples_from_zimbabwe_zambia_malawi_and_kenya.pdf

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The irrigation suitability classification was achieved by using physical factors that include slope, rainfall, landuse, closeness to waterbodies (surface and groundwater) and soil characteristics for selected districts in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and Kenya, some of the UU target countries. As cereals form the main food basket of the selected countries, and cereals are not tolerant to saline conditions, the report also provides maps showing high soil salinity areas of Makueni and Nakuru of Kenya, where soils are highly saline. However, soil salinity is insignificant in the other study districts and therefore not mapped. This report provides (a) a conceptual framework and detailed methodology for irrigation suitability mapping, including details of identified boundary maps and geospatial data, and (b) a synthesis model and maps on irrigation suitability mapping for the selected districts in the four target countries.