Nasike Claire Akello
@missnasike
Agro-ecologist. Researches,writes on Food,Seed sovereignty + Indigenous foods + People + Biodiversity + Climate + Policy Runs @thehummingbirdf. Tweets = mine.
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http://www.conservationatheart.wordpress.com 10-10-2014 06:27:56
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In my first few minutes at JKIA, 3 different employees told me they’re worried about the proposed transfer of airport operations to Indian firm Adani GoK and/or Kenya Airports Authority don’t appear to have the support of the staff or the public
Nothing is as painful as stima kupotea when you are just about to place chicken in the oven. Kenya Power sasa mnataka nilale njaa.
Farmers on the timeline. If you want to transition from using toxic pesticides on your farm. PELUM Kenya have put together a useful list of natural pesticides, fungicides, fertilisers and where to find them. Find it here👇 pelumkenya.net/wp-content/upl… Route to Food Heinrich Böll Stiftung
P.M.John Nasike Claire Akello AFSA GRAIN Agroecology Fund FoodSovereigntyGhana Million Belay BIBA Kenya @Africans never "orphaned" such crops. Commercial seed companies and development agencies did, funding research only on commodity crops. Only "orphans" to crop-breeders. AFSA Nnimmo Dr. Vandana Shiva
P.M.John Nasike Claire Akello AFSA GRAIN Agroecology Fund FoodSovereigntyGhana Million Belay BIBA Kenya Nnimmo Dr. Vandana Shiva As usual, it's worse than that. Crop-breeders created orphans with their hybrid commodity crops, promoting "adoption" of new varieties to replace/displace the "orphans." Now they want to turn the orphans into "improved" commodity crops, as if they were defective. AFSA