Women's farming groups in a semi-arid region of Kenya: a case study of Tharaka division, Meru district

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Women's farming groups in a semi-arid region of Kenya: a case study of Tharaka division, Meru district

The thesis examines how far women's farming groups are able to foster self-reliance among peasant farmers in Tharaka Division, a semi-arid region of Kenya. This is a particularly impoverished, drought prone part of the country where population pressure is resulting in intensified land use. In t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brown, Katrina
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	1990
Subjects:	Women farmers self-help groups agricultural extension work rural development Kenya
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27678/

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