In Makueni County, Kenya, an area experiencing intensifying migration flows, we investigate the aspired futures of rural men and women using a novel methodology combining a narrative-based survey tool, focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews. Our findings indicate that, in the absence of men and presence of norms restricting women's movement out of rural life, women are becoming increasingly engaged in farm management. Women’s aspirational narratives focused on commercialising farm activities, likely reflecting their changing agricultural opportunity space and new realities as farm managers. We highlight that only considering aspirations at the household level overlooks differing individual contributions, agency over various household income streams and individuals’ changing roles throughout life. Based on our findings, we make recommendations for further aspirations research including explicit consideration of intrahousehold heterogeneity and how individual strategies and aspirations interrelate and are negotiated at the household level to build an overall livelihood strategy.

在肯尼亚人口不断增加的马库尼县，我们使用一种新颖的方法，结合基于叙事的调查工具，焦点小组讨论和半结构化访谈，调查了农村男女的有前途的未来。我们的研究结果表明，在没有男性和没有规范的情况下，限制了妇女迁出农村生活，妇女越来越多地参与农场管理。妇女的志向叙述着重于使农场活动商业化，这可能反映了她们不断变化的农业机会空间和作为农场经理的新现实。我们强调指出，仅考虑家庭层面的愿望会忽略不同的个人贡献，对各种家庭收入来源的代理以及个人一生中角色的变化。根据我们的发现，