Tied to the Land
Subtitle: Household Resources and Living Conditions of Labourers on Large Farms in Trans Nzoia District, Kenya (African Studies Centre Research Series, 1/1994)
Contributors: Nina Tellegen (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: May 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781856289139
Subjects: Labour economics; Social research & statistics; Work & labour; Africa; Sociology - Rural; Cultural And Social Anthropology; Sociology
Description: This book examines the living conditions of farm labourers in Trans Nzoia, one of Kenya's large-scale farming districts. Based on a study conducted in 1989 among large farmers and farm labourers, an overview is given of wages, provisions, the various sources of income, the importance of social networks and the nutritional status of different groups of farm labourers.

From the data presented it appears that the extent to which households depend on the large farm owners for their livelihood largely determines their economic position. But the interdependency has its costs. The more the labourers' households are tied to the land of the farm owner for both income and own food production, the more difficulties they face in satisfying even their basic needs.