Religion and society

Book chapter in book titled "Kenya Coast Handbook: culture, resources and development in the East African littoral"The peoples of the Kenya Coast follow a variety of religious traditions. Whereas Islam has been present in the region for centuries, the beginning of Christianity in modern times only goes back some 150 years. African religious beliefs and practices existed long before the coming of Islam or Christianity. This chapter examines the religious traditions of the Kenya Coast, looking first at their historical origins and development. Rather than attempt a detailed description of the tenets and practices of each of the traditions, the chapter seeks to explain how they have influenced and interacted with each other. At the same time it assesses their overall importance, their relation to the social life and political economy of the region, and what their general circumstances are today.The peoples of the Kenya Coast follow a variety of religious traditions. Whereas Islam has been present in the region for centuries, the beginning of Christianity in modern times only goes back some 150 years. African religious beliefs and practices existed long before the coming of Islam or Christianity. This chapter examines the religious traditions of the Kenya Coast, looking first at their historical origins and development. Rather than attempt a detailed description of the tenets and practices of each of the traditions, the chapter seeks to explain how they have influenced and interacted with each other. At the same time it assesses their overall importance, their relation to the social life and political economy of the region, and what their general circumstances are today

School farming for school feeding: experiences from Nakuru, Kenya

School feeding is an important development tool and is related to at least three Millennium Development Goals. School farming has been largely overlooked in the urban agriculture literature but with many parents nowadays unable to afford school lunches for their children, it can play a vital role in reducing the costs involved in providing nutritional meals for pupils. This paper examines school farming in an urban setting, namely Nakuru town, Kenya and looks at the current practice, the extent to which school farming contributes to school feeding programs, and the challenges it faces and how these can be overcome. Based on a survey done in almost all primary and secondary schools in Nakuru, it shows that school farming and school feeding are now common practice in the town and that in many cases school farming does indeed contribute to school feeding programs. However, much more is possible and the paper indicates how various constraints in terms of land, water, support and leadership might be overcome

Nutrition in agricultural development: Land settlement in coast province, Kenya

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School farming for school feeding: experiences from Nakuru, Kenya

School feeding is an important development tool and is related to at least three Millennium Development Goals. School farming has been largely overlooked in the urban agriculture literature but with many parents nowadays unable to afford school lunches for their children, it can play a vital role in reducing the costs involved in providing nutritional meals for pupils. This paper examines school farming in an urban setting, namely Nakuru town, Kenya and looks at the current practice, the extent to which school farming contributes to school feeding programs, and the challenges it faces and how these can be overcome. Based on a survey done in almost all primary and secondary schools in Nakuru, it shows that school farming and school feeding are now common practice in the town and that in many cases school farming does indeed contribute to school feeding programs. However, much more is possible and the paper indicates how various constraints in terms of land, water, support and leadership might be overcome

Digging Deeper Inside Africa's Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics

This book takes a closer look at the surprising increase in agricultural production in African countries since 2000, which appear to be keeping pace with population growth, and the translation to Africa how to feed the increasingly urbanized and growing populations in the coming decades.Intro -- Digging Deeper: Inside Africa's Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures, Maps, Photos and Tables -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Section 1: Mapping the Evidence -- 2 Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3 Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa: A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000 -- 4 Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda -- Section 2: Agricultural Production and Effectiveness -- 5 Dairy Clustering in Kenya -- 6 Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Contributions -- 7 Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa's Globalizing Food Exports: The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda -- Section 3: Drivers of Food Production -- 8 Pressures and Incentives: Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale's Rural-Urban Interface -- 9 The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture -- 10 From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers: Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals -- Section 4: Institutional Issues -- 11 National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa -- 12 Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth: The Nigerian Example -- 13 Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa -- 14 Agriculture and Nutrition: Linkages and Complementarities -- Appendix A: Selected Statistics of Major World Regions and Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Appendix B: Fifty Years of Agricultural and Food Dynamics in Africa - Statistical DataThis book takes a closer look at the surprising increase in agricultural production in African countries since 2000, which appear to be keeping pace with population growth, and the translation to Africa how to feed the increasingly urbanized and growing populations in the coming decades.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries

‘I'm only allowed to sell milk and eggs’: Gender aspects of urban livestock keeping in Eldoret, Kenya

This paper deals with the gender aspects of urban livestock keeping in Eldoret, Kenya. It shows that men and women play different but complementary roles in livestock keeping. Men show greater preference for and are more involved - in terms of decision-making and responsibility taking - with large livestock and where income is the primary motive for livestock keeping, and perform tasks of an outdoor nature and/or which require considerable technical knowledge. On the other hand, women prefer and exercise greater control over small livestock, make the most decisions about consumption use of livestock products, and perform home-based routine tasks. However, there are instances where men and women cross gender boundaries, for instance where labour of the opposite gender is absent in the household, or as a strategy to control benefits accruing to the livestock. In terms of livelihood outcomes, women's role in livestock keeping is geared more towards improving household nutritional and food security status, while men's role is motivated more by personal benefits.ASC – Publicaties niet-programma gebonde

Multi-local livelihoods and food security in rural Africa

This article analyses household-based food transfers as an expression of multi-local livelihoods. Transfers of maize outside the co-resident household unit are analysed on the basis of data from 2857 smallholder households across nine African countries. The study complements a growing interest in the role of food transfers for urban food security, through considering the food security implications for sending households. Food transfers in the top income quintile consist of distributing surplus production, whereas in the lower quintiles, transfers clearly compromise the food security of the sending households. The spatial mismatch between household production and consumption points to the need for development strategies that consider these wider subsistence obligations. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jid.2991/ful