REVIVING LOST SEEDS AND CROPS

Indigenous crops have provided communities with a nutritious…

THE NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA

The second scramble for Africa is definitely with us. Africa…

ACKNOWLEDGING THE CONTRIBUTION OF SMALL SCALE HOLDER FARMING

Agriculture, particularly in a situation where it is dominated…

SAVE THE SEED, FEED THE FUTURE

t the heart of the ‘green revolution’ is SEED. The seed diversity…

THE QUEEN OF ARROW ROOTS

In Ngurumo village, Ntakira Location in Meru Eunice Ngoki is…

KENYA HAS ALREADY HAD A GREEN REVOLUTION

Forget trying to grow hybrid maize – Africa already has all…

ETHIOPIA DOESN’T NEED OR WANT BILL GATES

Ecological campaigner Million Belay talks about why protecting…

GM CROPS WON’T HELP AFRICAN FARMERS THE UK’S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SAYS GM CROPS WILL HELP COMBAT HUNGER IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. BUT OWEN PATERSON IS WRONG

Last week we heard that Owen Paterson, the UK’s environment…

GMO CORN SHIPMENT STIRS CONCERN AND ANGER IN KENYA

Kenyan civil society groups and small-scale farmers…

KENYAN UNDER FIRE FOR ALLOWING IMPORT OF GMOS

Kenya's environmental and food security activists have…