The seed is the first link in the food chain [...]. If farmers do not have their own seeds or access to open pollinated varieties that they can save, improve and exchange, they have no seed sovereignty – and consequently no food sovereignty. (Shiva 2012)
Kenya
- Tagged under Food & Health Kenya Monsanto, AGRA, Seed Sovereignty, food justice, Organic Farming
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to Germany in April as Kenya’s head state was more of a display of freedom from the shackles of the International Criminal Court (ICC) than a state visit to pursue genuine interests of bilateral concern.
Tagged under Global South Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta, Germany, Angela MerkelI had to go to India. Believe it or not, it was my first time – at the age of 25. I had to go; I had to go alone; and I had to go now. My entire life I have struggled with my ethnic identity, and with a lack of that feeling of belonging to a people or a place.
Tagged under Gender & Minorities Kenya Race, ethnicity, Ismailia, Kenyan IndiansKVFSC has organized this press conference in the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi, to join our comrades in Latin America and other countries of the world to express solidarity with the government of President Nicolas Maduro, socialist and communist parties of the country and the people of Venezuela
Tagged under Advocacy & Campaigns Kenya Kenya, BoliviaOn 15 March 2016, following his arrest on 14 March 2016, human rights defender Mr Joel Ogada was charged with threatening to kill. Joel Ogada is a farmer and member of the Malindi Rights Forum (MRF), working to protect land rights of farmers in Marereni, Kilifi County.
Tagged under Advocacy & Campaigns KenyaAN ATHEIST’S PROPHECY
Tagged under Governance KenyaThe crusher, brought to the site illicitly, mid December 2015 without any formal permissions or notifications to the Laikipia County offices for Lands and Physical Planning, is set to disrupt job creation in the area, while causing significant and sustained damage to the environment.
Tagged under Land & Environment KenyaNew constitution-making has surged in agrarian economies since 1990, correspondent to significant political change (multi-partyism in particular) and a surge in globalisation, and of which, among other trends, the noted surge in large-scale land acquisition in agrarian states and accelerating con
Tagged under Governance Kenya'I stand before you today on my own behalf and that of my government and all past governments to offer a sincere apology to all our compatriots for all past wrongs....’ read in part , the President Uhuru Kenyatta’s speech on March 26, 2015.
Tagged under Governance KenyaMr President,
I am a father to a 6-year-old girl and 2-year-old-boy. Last year I had an experience with my daughter that I will not forget.
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