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GMOs: A neo-colonial technology undermining food and seed sovereignty in Kenya
Kenya has lifted its 10 year ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines GMOs as organisms (plants, animals or microorganisms) whose genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally through mating and/or natural recombination.
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3 African activists protecting food rights against Big Agriculture
News of smallholder farmers across Kenya standing up to unconstitutional laws prohibiting them from sharing, exchanging or selling uncertified and unregistered seeds is but the latest legal battle on the African continent aiming to protect the rights of local communities and customs.
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My Perspective of the Kenyan Presidential Manifestos: Do they Address The Pertinent Issues of Food and Agriculture, Environment and Climate Change?
The cost of living has risen, so has the prices of essential commodities such as food. According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, as per the 30th of June 2022, a 2kg packet of maize flour retailed at an average price Kshs.186, up from an average price of Kshs 129 in June 2021. Maize…
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Whose interest does the Kenyan seeds law protect?
Seed is the source of life. It is critical in food production, nutrition, agricultural development, rural livelihoods and agrobiodiversity. Farmers across the globe have saved and exchanged indigenous seeds freely, for centuries. Seed sharing forms the culture and tradition of many communities and it has been key in sustaining local farming communities and livelihoods for…
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Call for action: Remove harmful pesticides from Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya 25, November 2021: Today, over 12,000 Kenyans have demanded for the removal of toxic pesticides in the country through signing a public petition, No More Poison In Our Food, by Greenpeace Africa and submitted to the Uasin Gishu Woman Representative, Hon Gladys Boss Shollei.
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Agricultural policies in Kenya have been designed to oppress farmers and profit multinational corporations
Smallholder farmers produce 75% of the food consumed in Kenya today. Yet the Kenyan government is facilitating their exploitation and oppression by Multinational Corporations through draconian agricultural laws. Quite contradictory…
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Toxic Pesticides Employed in The Control of Desert Locusts
Since 2019, Kenya has experienced an unprecedented threat from the desert locust invasion. This invasion that is linked to climate change puts millions of Kenyans at risk of food and nutrition insecurity.
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Cutting The Hand That Feeds: Kenya’s Government Plans to Shift Farmers Out of Farming
Kenya’s government and the Ministry of Agriculture want to shift farmers out of agriculture by commercialising Kenya's agriculture sector through a new agricultural policy, the agricultural sector transformation and growth strategy
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Ecological farming will address food insecurity, not GMOs
While I agree that sustainable food production is a key pillar in achieving the Big Four Agenda, it is certainly not pegged on lifting the ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
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COVID-19 Lessons Call For Sharing and Learning to Co-create a Lasting Future
Kenyans have stepped up for over two months now and taken bold actions in the face of COVID-19 crisis. Many have woken up to the reality that we have been…