To this end, the Kenya Crops & Dairy Market Systems (KCDMS) is introducing both bananas and avocados to twelve counties in the eastern, coast, north rift, and western regions in a bid to increase production. #FPCKenya@FPCKenya_
Through the #USAIDRISE project, we facilitated @TTWCA_tsavo & @aetkenya representatives to participate in a learning visit at @MConservancies to learn on the role of women forums in promoting women inclusion in conservancy governance & benefit sharing structures & ending #GBV
Water conservation is increasingly being encouraged in crucial sectors of the economy, such as the agriculture sector. This is fuelled by an increasing demand for water and growing concerns of water scarcity in the society.
#virtualacres#rain#agriculture#water#conservation
HAPPENING NOW:The 1st Inaugural National Conservancy Youth Forum supported by @USAIDKenya ongoing. Presentations by @NRT_Kenya@MConservancies@ShujaazInc provide insights on challenges impacting youth from participation and opportunities available for them in conservancies.
Fruit trees grow well in urban and suburban settings.
If you haven’t ever considered planting fruit-bearing trees, here’s your chance!
2022 should be the year you start your very own home orchard!
#virtualacres#tree#fruit#food#orchard
What’s the difference between a farm and an agribusiness?
Farming is as much a way of life as a way to make a living.
Agribusiness is completing the transformation of agriculture into an industry.
#virtualacres#agriculture#Agribusiness#Food
The earth is speaking,she tells us that we have no more time!
We cannot solve this crisis with the same methods that created it!
Prove us wrong!
Please open your hearts,and act!
You can save us or sell us out!
When we invite you to join us, we will lead even if you don’t!
How and where we produce food is one of the most important conservation issues of the 21st century. The challenge of sustaining life on an increasingly crowded planet of more than 7 billion people grows more complicated every day.
#virtualacres#agriculture#food#people
Agriculture is inextricably linked to all three pillars of sustainable development goals I.e social, environmental and economic. Agriculture also negatively impacts the homeostasis of ecological systems and pushes the boundaries beyond the point of no return.
#virtualacres
Ecosystem-based adaptation
Unlocking Africa’s potential requires that policy makers in agriculture and the environment join forces with civil society and non-governmental organizations to consider options that will enable the environment and farmers to cope with climate change.
Here is my full speech at the #COP26 World Leaders Summit Opening Ceremony with a key message from Earth to COP: "Open your hearts"!
The youth voices at the World Leaders Summit will probably get the least coverage! So I'll upload them here! Share widely!
Beauty brands should join forces with agriculture's grassroots, to reshape the food system into one that implements responsible farming practices, working together to value everyone from the farmer to the consumer, and rebuild the connections between people and their products.