Anne Wanjiku

An activist working to challenge false solutions being pushed in Africa. Loves music and and travelling.

[Anne Wanjiku @annenjiku]

Date: 30th/OCTOBER/2025
🕐 Time: 02:00PM-04:30 PM(EAT)

12:00PM-02:30PM(CET)
LINK: https://t.co/38ZQC4YDsF

Meeting ID: 874 1148 6878

Passcode: 393130

[Anne Wanjiku @annenjiku]

Protect our Farmer Managed Seed Systems (FMSS)

[BIBA Kenya @BIBA_Kenya]

A great win for us agroecology promoters and practitioners as we witness and celebrate the launch of national agroecology strategy 2024-2033 at Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research organisation (KALRO).
#Agroecology
#sustainability
#Biodiversity

[AFSA @Afsafrica]

Anne Maina, @annenjiku National Coordinator of the Biodiversity and Biosafety Association of Kenya @BIBA_Kenya, discusses her organization’s efforts to integrate #agroecology into Kenya’s #climate and #agricultural policies. #BIBAKenya, a network of 47 member organizations and part of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), works closely with farmers to implement sustainable adaptation and mitigation practices at local and county levels.

Notable achievements include supporting Murang'a County in becoming the first in Kenya to adopt an agroecology policy and working in other counties, like West Pokot and Machakos, to develop similar policies. At the national level, BIBA Kenya is advancing Kenya’s forthcoming National #Agroecology Strategy, aiming to establish agroecology as a key response to climate change.

Anne highlights challenges such as securing resources for policy implementation and overcoming misinformation about agroecology, where some stakeholders misrepresent it to include synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. To support farmers in the transition, BIBA Kenya advocates a gradual, step-by-step approach, recognizing that agroecology can take years to fully integrate into traditional farming practices. She emphasizes AFSA’s mission to establish agroecology within National Adaptation Plans (#NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (#NDCs) as a critical #adaptation and #mitigation strategy for #ClimateResilience.

Anne calls for African nations to move away from reliance on synthetic fertilizers and toxic pesticides, which degrade soil health and contribute to health crisis in Africa. Transitioning to #agroecology, she argues, is essential to preserving #soil quality, improving #foodsecurity, and producing safe, nutritious #food. She envisions a future where all African nations embrace #agroecology for the health and well-being of the continent.

#Agroecology4Climate #COP29Baku #COP29Azerbaijan #Foodsystems #FoodSovereignty

[Anne Wanjiku @annenjiku]

@Wanjyku @FundAgroecology @BROT_furdiewelt @Afsafrica @ssnc_global @HBSNairobi @routetofood @IATP @UniLeiden @GreengrantsFund @BIBA_Kenya Yes they do, it is a movement

[Anne Wanjiku @annenjiku]

BIBA Kenya is proud to have Chaired the successful hosting of the 3rd Indigenous Seeds and Food Culture Harvest Fair in Nyakach, Kisumu County. #kulakienyeji

[Anne Wanjiku @annenjiku]

We celebrate the huge milestones @Afsafrica has achieved with all our partners and friends. Our commitment to transition to Agroecology remains fundamental @BIBA_Kenya @BROT_furdiewelt @FundAgroecology @HBSNairobi @warui_harun

[Million Belay @Million_Belay]

AFSA's new strategic direction, my brief reflection.

We just completed a five-day deliberation on the strategy for the next five years. What an amazing experience. It is always stimulating to spend time with intelligent and passionate African leaders, reflecting on the past and dreaming about the future.

As Africans, we are still living in the aftermath of colonialism. Colonialism altered our relationship with our land, creating millions of landless people, reorienting our agriculture to cash crops, mostly for their own purposes, initiating the process of land degradation and biodiversity loss, concentrating infrastructure solely on export lines, forcing us to rely on external inputs for food production and consumption, eroding our knowledge of food systems, and entangling us in global trade, where we are still in debt to be the main actors. Millions of Africans continue to suffer as a result of international financial institutions, bilateral agreements, trade rules, and other factors.

The question is how we can stop complaining and do something about it. We've been lamenting for years, but now is the time to take action. That is why the @Afsafrica collective advocates for #agroecology and #foodsovereignty. Both concepts are built on our people's years of skill and culture, and recognise the need to produce more nutritious and healthy food to feed our people. This has led us to assure resilience to crises, including climate and biodiversity loss, as well as the right to food and culturally appropriate foods.

That is why we have decided to focus in our new strategy on mobilising the base, which now numbers over 200 million Africans, increasing knowledge through research and other means, improving our agricultural practices, reaching out to billions around the world through effective communication, and sharpening our advocacy for better policies, legislation, and programmes.

We need to collaborate with other actors to do this. We recognise that we are part of a larger group and humbly believe that we are a part of the wave rather than the wave itself. You are all invited to join @Afsafrica in our mission to break free from the shackles of external influences and internal bad habits and create a brighter future. Let us battle with both ends of the scissors so that they do not cut us into small pieces for their greed and avarice.

I am pleased to serve this very committed and motivated group. They chose me as their coordinator, and I have accepted and served the network for the past 10 years. I live every day as if it were an adventure, where my work life and my dream are inextricably linked.

[Anne Wanjiku @annenjiku]

@MwambaSimon @BIBA_Kenya @Afsafrica @agcconnect @FoodKenya @GRAIN_org @ISFAAKE @PelumKenya @RODI_Kenya @HBSNairobi @FundAgroecology @AfricanBiodiv All the best, send photos from the 'Real Africa!'

[BIBA Kenya @BIBA_Kenya]

"Agroecology is a science:
Farmers work closely with research scientists to test soils and identify effective, low-cost improvements to enhance the production of nutritious foods," @annenjiku National Coordinator, @BIBA_Kenya
https://t.co/7Ubw0DdYkw

[Anne Wanjiku @annenjiku]

@IATPEurope @IATP @LouiseScherger 27 ans de ja? Congratulations on your new role @shufflecharm

[AFSA @Afsafrica]

Homage to Dr. Melaku Worede: Guardian of Genetic Heritage! His pioneering work in genetic diversity & farmers' rights continues to inspire. Founder of Africa's first #genebank, his vision reshaped global perceptions on biodiversity conservation. #RIP

https://t.co/dzp0ajgbhX

[BIBA Kenya @BIBA_Kenya]

Kenya Seed learning and Knowledge Exchange!!!@_ACBIO
Will be commencing tomorrow 18th July 2023, join us to learn about the policy lanscape affecting our seed sector in Kenya. Click on the link to follow virtually.
https://t.co/ko0mTZUV4H
#MySeedMyRight
#SeedSovereignty

[Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) @IATP]

There’s still time to register for tomorrow’s webinar! Tune in to hear about the science and on-the-ground considerations related to livestock production and the gaps that need to be addressed to advance lasting solutions to livestock’s #methane problem. https://t.co/0WtQ8F7IDv

[IATP Europe @IATPEurope]

Thanks to @IanScoones @matthewhayek @PASTRES_erc Monicah Yator @NetworkofIndig1 Anne Maina @annenjiku, Ole Faergeman Frie Bønder – Levende Land & Daniel Mulat & Claudia Arndt from @ILRI 's Mazingira Centre! We are looking forward to an important conversation!

[Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) @IATP]

📢Just announced! Join us July 13 for a webinar featuring expert perspectives on how to meet the challenge of cutting global livestock methane emissions while holistically addressing social & environmental impacts. Learn more & and register here:
https://t.co/0WtQ8F7IDv

[Karangathi Njoroge @Karangathir]

Dear @WilliamsRuto, make the right choice for our communities, our country and our planet. Make sure the Minister representing us at the talks on plastics this week supports a strong Global Plastics Treaty. #PlasticsTreaty

[AFSA @Afsafrica]

The #SeedIsPower campaign is officially launched by Hakim Baleraine, AFSA Chair on behalf of AFSA, COASP & partners. He calls on social movements to rally behind this proposal to strengthen support for Farmer Managed Seed Systems for a just food system transformation.@BALIRAINEH