Outputs (2)

Fakes and chemicals: indigenous medicine in contemporary Kenya and implications for health equity (2020)
Journal Article
Howland, O. (2020). Fakes and chemicals: indigenous medicine in contemporary Kenya and implications for health equity. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19, Article 199. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01313-1

Background
Access to effective biomedical treatments for humans and livestock in Kenya is far from universal. Indigenous healing has a significant role to play in contemporary society in Kenya, yet access is not the only reason for this. Beliefs sur... Read More about Fakes and chemicals: indigenous medicine in contemporary Kenya and implications for health equity.

Women’s Tears or Coffee Blight? Gender Dynamics and Livelihood Strategies in Contexts of Agricultural Transformation in Tanzania (2020)
Journal Article
Howland, O., Brockington, D., & Noe, C. (2020). Women’s Tears or Coffee Blight? Gender Dynamics and Livelihood Strategies in Contexts of Agricultural Transformation in Tanzania. Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, 9(2), 171-196. https://doi.org/10.1177/2277976020925318

The transformations of the coffee sector have posed major challenges to rural farmers who have lost an important source of income. However, the way in which such shocks are experienced by families hinges on the gender relations governing families’ pr... Read More about Women’s Tears or Coffee Blight? Gender Dynamics and Livelihood Strategies in Contexts of Agricultural Transformation in Tanzania.