PASHFARM Project Research Paper Review Workshop (17-19 September 2024)

Session

Breaking the Barriers: Exploring Gendered Barriers that Food SMEs Face in Providing Low-Income Consumers with Safe, Affordable, and Nutritious Foods in Kenya, Uganda, and Malawi

19 Sept 2024, 11:10

Zoom (Virtual)

Description

Presenter: Raphael Gitau, Egerton University, Kenya
Peer Discussant: Abule Mehare
Resource Person: Els Lecoutere, ILRI
PSC Member: Tom Ondicho

32. GENDERED BARRIERS FACED BY FOOD VENDORS IN PROVIDING LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS WITH SAFE, AFFORDABLE AND NUTRITIOUS FOODS: EVIDENCE FROM URBAN MARKETS IN KENYA AND UGANDA

Gender Papers : Final Review

ABSTRACT
Food vendors play a critical role as channels for providing affordable food to low-income consumers in African urban markets. However, they face numerous challenges including gender related constraints that inhibit their ability to efficiently meet the market needs of poor dwellers of African cities most of whom live in informal settlements. Market-based and gender-responsive...