ECOLOGICAL ORGANIC AGRICULTURE LAUNCHES ITS FIRST EASTERN AFRICA AGRO ECOLOGY CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI

ECOLOGICAL ORGANIC AGRICULTURE LAUNCHES ITS FIRST EASTERN AFRICA AGRO ECOLOGY CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI.  

By MAXIMILLA WAFULA 

Nairobi, March 10, 2023 (County Diary News)

Dr David Amudavi Executive Director of the Biovision Africa Trust has decried the dire cases of starvation facing millions of Kenyans against the backdrop of large untapped agricultural resources.

Dr. David Amudavi, Executive Director of the Biovision Africa Trust .

Speaking during the launch of its first Eastern africa agro ecology conference in Nairobi he says,

‘It’s a crushing disappointment that we have people sleeping hungry in Kenya and only less than a quarter of our land being put under productive use,’ said Dr Amudavi.  

Embracing sustainable food production mechanisms and re-adoption of local inputs like farmer managed seeds – traditional - inagriculture will boost the drive towards food security in africa and the world.

Players in the sustainable farming systems under the umbrella of the ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) have urged the public and Private sectors to be cognizant of the negative effects of artificial farming inputs that have continued to increase the pace of climate change and hindered the regeneration of soils for agricultural purposes.

He noted that adoption of safe farming methods and use of farmer-owned seeds that were traditionally used in the country is the only way to ensure that we can have continuous supply of food for the population.

‘We have witnessed even our rivers drying in areas like Baringo yet they would be flowing with fresh water!’ said Dr Amudavi during the launch of the Agroecology Conference.

This conference aims to invoke consciousness and motivate regional and continental communities to dialogue how to invest in interventions which can ameliorate the negative impacts of the current unsustainable food systems by transitioning towards more environmentally friendly solutions with long-term vision and planning.

Speaking during the launch, Ms Grace Mugo from the Ministry of Agriculture noted that there is an urgent need to scale up and ensure sustainability of farming systems based on environmentally friendly technologies and methodologies and that the ministry was very much involved in the drive towards ensuring food security in the country and urged all players in the private and public sector to consolidate efforts to ensure interventions towards food sustainability and adopted and put into practice.

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