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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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Bees in Crisis: Toxic insecticides a threat to food security
Bees play a critical role in food and nutrition security in Kenya through cross-pollination. They are also a source of income for farmers, through products such as honey, pollen, beeswax, propolis and royal jelly.
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Action is needed from the government to tackle climate change beyond promises made in COP Demands Greenpeace Africa
Nairobi, 5th November 2021- In response to the media reports that President Uhuru Kenyatta is positioning Kenya to be Africa’s voice on climate change at the UN Security Council and…
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Greenpeace intercepts fish oil tanker as dramatic industry expansion threatens livelihoods in West Africa
Dakar, Senegal, 7 October 2021 – Activists from the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in the English Channel have intercepted a tanker transporting fish oil taken from West Africa, as an…
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Open letter to the Ministry of Agriculture
Following chemical control operations against locust infestation in Kenya in March 2021, Greenpeace Africa (GPAF) carried out an environmental sampling and analysis between March and April 2021 to identify the pesticides used in spraying the locusts.
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Greenpeace Africa demands Truthfulness in the Pesticides Conversation in Kenya.
"Kenyan farmers deserve to know the truth about pesticides. The associations championing the use of pesticides have misled our farmers, who deserve the truth about toxic pesticides’’.
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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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Harmful Chemicals Undermine the Right to Safe Food
On Monday the 7th of June 2021, the world commemorated World Food Safety Day, a day keen on bringing attention and inspiring action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne…
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World Food Safety Day: Desert Locusts Control Strategies Compromising Food Safety
Ahead of the World Food Safety Day, Greenpeace Africa is urging the Ministry of Agriculture to prioritise the safety of the food consumed by Kenyans.
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The polluted lakes of Kenya
Water, a source of life, is slowly becoming the source of multiple illnesses and death in Kenya. This has been attributed to the excessive pollution of natural water resources such…