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Complex Food Production Systems: Have cash crops trapped us?
Farmers are investing in market crops. For local markets, we have onions and tomatoes. Avocados and green beans are for export. What are the effects on…
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Christine Gatwiri
The Challenge of Feeding Ourselves Part 2: The Mwea Irrigation Ecosystem as a Small Scale Agriculture Model
We are always talking about the problems. This week, let’s change gears and focus on solutions - how to rethink commercial small-scale agriculture.
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Christine Gatwiri
The Challenge of Feeding Ourselves: Part 1: Small-Holder Agriculture in Rural and Peri-Urban Areas
Our farmers work hard to produce food, but why is it not enough? Part of it is the scale of production as explained below:
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Christine Gatwiri
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The Story of Agriculture and Food Systems in Africa: Where do we go from here?
We are stuck - between our past ways of food production and a promise of “modernity.” We stretch our hands to grab, but neither is within reach.
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Christine Gatwiri
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Part 2: GMOs in Kenya: Letter to President Ruto
Dear Mr. President, the odds are stacked against you. A changing world, inhospitable climate, diminishing natural resources. You are playing catch-up.
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Christine Gatwiri
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GMOs in Kenya: Frequently Asked Questions
Answering your questions on what GMOs are, their impact on food security...And GMOs around the world, in Africa and Kenya
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Christine Gatwiri
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My Entrée into Foraging: A Superfood Weed called Purslane
When my mother visited a few months ago, she weeded my kitchen garden. Because which African mother would sit around with a garden full of weeds? She…
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Christine Gatwiri
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