l'Afrique

Pays-Bas

Dr.

Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

dfoeken@ascleiden.nl

Afrika-Studiecentrum
Leiden University
P.O. Box 9555
2300 RB
Leiden
The Netherlands

phone: +31-71-5273368
fax: +31-71-5273344

http://www.ascleiden.nl

Kenya

Mr. Dick Foeken works as a human geographer and is currently involved in
two projects, notably "School farming and school feeding in Nakuru, Kenya"
(part of the "Nakuru Urban Agriculture Project") and "Water sector reforms
and interventions in urban Kenya: The impact on the livelihood of the
poor" (with Samuel O. Owuor).

With S.O. Owuor and A.M. Mwangi
"Urban school farming to improve school feeding: The case of Nakuru town,
Kenya," In: Children, Youth and Environments, vol. 20, no. 1, pp.
276-300, 2010.

With S.O. Owuor and A.M. Mwangi
"Coping with increasing food prices in Nakuru, Kenya: Urban school farming
as a way to make school lunches affordable," In: Urban Agriculture
Magazine, vol. 22, pp. 30-31, 2009.

With S.O. Owuor
"Farming as a livelihood source for the urban poor in Nakuru, Kenya,"
In: Geoforum, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 1978-1990, 2008.

"Urban agriculture and the urban poor in East Africa: Does policy
matter?" In: M.M.E.M. Rutten ; A.H.M. Leliveld ; D.W.J. Foeken (eds.)
Inside poverty and development in Africa: Critical reflections on
pro-poor policies. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2008.

'To subsidise my income'. Urban farming in an East-African town.
Leiden: Brill, 2006.

With S.O. Owuor
"Surviving in the neighbourhoods of Nakuru Town, Kenya." In: P. Konings
; D.W.J. Foeken (eds.) Crisis and creativity. Exploring the wealth of
the African neighbourhood, Leiden: Brill, pp. 22-45, 2006.

Edited with P.J.J. Konings
Crisis and creativity : exploring the wealth of the African
neighbourhood. Leiden: Brill, African dynamics ; vol. 5, 2006.

With M. Sofer and M. Mlozi
Urban agriculture in Tanzania : issues of sustainability.
Leiden: African Studies Centre, Research report 75, 2004.

With S.O. Owuor
"Multi-spatial livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa: rural farming by urban
households - the case of Nakuru town, Kenya," In: M.E.de Bruijn ; R.A.
Dijk ; D.W.J. Foeken (eds.) Mobile Africa : changing patterns of
movement in Africa and beyond, pp. 125-139, 2001.

With J.W.M. van Dijk and A. van Oostrum
"Population mobility in Africa: an overview," In: M.E.de Bruijn ; D.W.J.
Foeken ; R.A.van Dijk (eds.) Mobile Africa : changing patterns of
movement in Africa and beyond, Leiden: Brill, pp. 9-26, 2001.

Edited with M.E. de Bruijn & R.A. van Dijk
Mobile Africa : changing patterns of movement in Africa and
beyond. Leiden: Brill, African dynamics ; vol. 1, 2001.

Edited with J.C. Hoorweg and R.A. Obudho
Kenya Coast handbook : culture, resources and development in the East
African littoral. Hamburg: Lit, 2000.

With R.A. Obudho
Urban Agriculture in Africa: a Bibliographical Survey. Leiden:
African Studies Centre; Nairobi: Centre for Urban Research. ASC Research
Report 58, 1999.

With Nina Tellegen
Tied to the land. Living conditions of labourers on large farms in
Trans Nzoia district Kenya. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1994.

human geography ; water supply ; agriculture ; urban studies.