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Journey with me to learn more about ecological agriculture
I took a trip to Cameroon late last year to visit communities that practice Ecological Agriculture. My motivation was to listen: why it is important, how to start an ecological…
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Meat Laced with Lethal Chemicals Exposes a Broken Food System
Nairobi, 16 July 2019: In response to the expose by NTV revealing that meat sold in local markets is laced with dangerous chemicals to make it look fresh for longer,…
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Smallholder Farmers Must Be at The Centre of Kenya’s Proposed Agriculture Master Plan: Greenpeace
Nairobi, 21 May 2019 – The government of Kenya has come up with radical plans to revive its agriculture sector, including a possible shift to genetically modified organisms technology. The…
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Using Zai pits to harvest scanty rain water
The 2019 March to May long rains have been scanty, unreliable and inconsistent. In Ikombe, Machakos county, Muthama; a seasoned farmer, embarked on early planting of kidney beans in order…
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Climate change takes its toll on Mozambique
Johannesburg, 25 April 2019 — Barely a month after Tropical Cyclone Idai’s arrival, Tropical Cyclone Kenneth made landfall on Mozambique on 25 April 2019. In response, Njeri Kabeberi, Executive Director…
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Tropical Cyclone Idai and the African Spirit
I phone my sister in Beira. Each time I call, the ringing seems to continue for longer and longer. Each time she picks up, the relief is the same. I…
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Proposed Crop Bill Puts Profit Over Farmers and the Environment
Nairobi, 29 March 2019 – Responding to the news that it will be illegal to plant crops using animal manure if a proposed crop bill becomes law, Renee Olende, Greenpeace…
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Address Food Chain Inadequacies to Ensure Food Security in Kenya – Greenpeace Africa
Nairobi, 19 March 2019 – Following reports that several people have died of hunger in Baringo and Turkana Counties, while thousands of others face starvation due to the ongoing drought…
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Greenpeace Africa calls for the promotion of traditional farming to reduce dependence of food imports
In response to news that the government of Cameroon has lost over 9 000 billion FCFA from importing rice, corn, sugar and fish, Greenpeace Africa Forest Campaigner, Sylvie Djacbou, has…
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Greenpeace: Embrace Organic Techniques to Control The Fall Armyworm
Nairobi, 25 January 2019 – The Ministry of Agriculture has warned of a recurrence of the fall armyworm in the North Rift Region of Kenya. Responding to this news, Greenpeace…