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Executive Director ‘s Message on International Day for Disaster Reduction
As the world commemorate the International Day for Disaster Reduction, Greenpeace Africa Executive Director Njeri Kabeberi has said: “Greenpeace Africa supports ‘Greening the blue’. Africa has a major role to…
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Food Safety Should be Prioritised in Kenyatta’s Big Four Agenda: Greenpeace Africa
Nairobi, 23rd August 2018: The past few months have seen increased cases of sub standard food imports into Kenya. From sugar that contains mercury to expired rice, to oil that…
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Poisoned Sugar Exposes Kenya’s Broken Food System
The worsening impacts of climate change on agricultural productivity in most natural-resource dependent countries like Kenya is introducing a new form of vulnerability that is often overlooked. Increasingly, food safety…
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Greenpeace Africa Urges Machakos County Government to Allocate Budget Towards Sustainable Farming
Nairobi, 25th July 2018 - Greenpeace Africa has today handed over a petition to the Agricultural Committee of the Machakos County Assembly. The petition comes after a policy dialogue that was aimed at strengthening interactions between the policymakers; county officials in charge of agriculture and food security; farmers who practice sustainable agriculture and Greenpeace Africa.…
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Ensure Safe and Healthy Food for Citizens, Greenpeace Africa Urges Kenya’s Government
Nairobi, 03 July 2018: In response to news that some of Kenya’s imported sugar contains dangerous elements such as copper and lead; and that fertilisers sold to farmers in Kenya are reported to be laced with harmful mercury, Greenpeace Africa has called on the government of Kenya to act now - Food for life Campaigner,…
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Maiden Machakos Farmers Network
To the west of Nairobi, sits a beautiful, hilly, semi-arid county. It is named after Masaku wa Munyeti, an Akamba chief. Welcome to Machakos home to Iveti hills.
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Greenpeace Africa responds to PIDMA-Cameroon importing 1000 tons of corn seeds
In response to news that Agriculture Investment and Market Development Project (known by its French acronym- PIDMA) officials are augmenting food supply in Cameroon by importing 1000 tons of hybrid corn seeds from South Africa, Greenpeace’s Forest Campaigner, Sylvie Djacbou said:
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Prisca Nafula Mayende: A Rural Activist Transforming Women’s Lives in Bungoma County
Prisca hails from a small village called Naigai in Bungoma County, Western Kenya. The energetic mother of nine lives with her husband and children on her 3.8 acre farm. Her husband…
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Youths demand a better Farming System as Kenya Celebrates World Food Day
Nairobi, 16 October, 2017: As Kenya celebrates the World Food Day (WFD) today, youths from eight Kenyan universities have converged, at the Louis Leaky Auditorium- Nairobi National Museum, to debate on issues that the Government of Kenya needs to address in order to safe-guard Kenyans food security and protect consumers from the threats of a…
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Give the Congo Basin forest a chance
Approaching the forest in the Congo, I am met with an overwhelming wall of green. Flying over it, I see the meandering rivers merging together. I see animals drinking from the rivers, frolicking with joy in the water. Walking into the forest, I hear a chorus of teeming life – birds, lowland and mountain gorillas,…