When Francis Maina worked with a horticultural company in Naivasha back in 2010, he became increasingly concerned about the heavy use of chemical pesticides. While consumers were beginning to demand organic produce and read labels more carefully, farmers around him continued spraying chemicals without considering their harmful effects on human health or the environment.
Smallholder farmers face constant challenges – pest outbreaks, plant diseases, and unpredictable weather can all devastate crops and livelihoods.
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Greenpeace’s Food and Farming Vision explains why Ecological Farming is the solution for a sustainable future and why we need to act now to hasten much-needed systemic change.
Filled with optimism that tomatoes would give him worthwhile returns, Mr Gabrielle Murgor had invested Ksh 400, 000 on a three-acre piece of land in Tinga, Magadi, growing tomatoes.
Marking the United Nations' 75th Anniversary, Harry Bignell, Brooke's Global External Affairs Officer, argues that we cannot achieve the Sustainable Development Goals without investing in animal health systems
A recent study conducted at the University of Oxford concluded that adopting a vegetarian diet would save 5-8 million lives by 2050, amounting to a 6-10% drop in global mortality. The study joins a growing body of quality research
A climate-smart version of the icipe push-pull technology is enabling farmers living in some of the East African regions most severely affected by climate change to stabilise their cereal–livestock mixed production systems.