Foreword; Preface; Dedication and Acknowledgements; PART I: Introduction; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Gender-based Research Methodology; PART II: The Context; Chapter Three: Maragoli in Context; PART IIl: The Gendered Terrain of the Farm; Chapter Four: Gender and the Micropolitics of Land; PART IV: Gender and the Politics of Labour: Between Toil and Soil; Chapter Five: The Diversity of Farmers' Gendered Experiences; Chapter Six: Diverse Farming and Soil Management Practices: "Don't You Know That Agriculture and Soils are the Same Thing?"
Summary
This book illustrates in rich detail the complexity and diversity of women's lives in Maragoli, western Kenya, as they work to sustain their soils and negotiate a plethora of competing demands and constraints in an increasingly stressful economic environment. With extensive use of personal narratives and photographs from the farmers of Maragoli, this book demonstrates that soil degradation is not simply a function of population pressure and ignorance; rather, it is embedded in gender relations and complex struggles at the local level
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263)
