Gender Roles In Urban Agriculture: The Case Of Addis Ketema Sub-City, Addis Abeba City Administration, Ethiopia

Abstract

urban agriculture Various socio-economic activities by people are characterized a certain kind of division of labour,. In the process of social and economic development. The study was conducted the role of gender in urban agriculture in Addiss ketema sub cuty . This study used a malti stage sampling procedure in which purposive selection of sub city and weredas were selected. simple random sampling was used to select respondents. The study is based on primary data collected from 139 sample selected through interview schedule assisted survey questionnaire.. The data has been analyzed by descriptive statistics by using SPSS softrwear,. The study result showed that women’s contributes 28% of labor to agricultural activities. Men, 65% boys8.% and girls 1% participate in agricultural activities. women’s work in the urban agricultural activities documented as marginal as producers. According to the study analyzed that urban women spend their time in daily labour and petty trade activities,. The study showed that the average day for a urban women in Addiss ketema involves food processing, , assisting family farm, marketing and labor exchange for community services the level of participation men labor is more participating in urban agricultural activities, but woman’s are participate community services and contributing in securing their household members food demand than other household members do. In general the contributing factors that influences women’s role in urban agriculture depends upon the on their women’s not interested urban agriculture activities , in the study area there were few supporting organizations to promote gender role in urban agricultural activities and empower them. However, those that do not have a specific gender focus, but undertake some single or combined gender –related activities which are generally mother and child care, nutrition, water, girls’ education, women savings and credit facilities. The study analyzed that those few government organizations that have attempted to tackle gender issues have encountered serious problems of resource availability, limited technical capacity, poor organization and lack of coordination, which have made it impossible to streamline their gender concerns in a concrete way into effective programmed interventions.