Women take center stage at the Eastern Africa Agroecology conference

By Chemtai Kirui Masudio Margaret Eberu, a female farmer from Adjumani district in northern Uganda, divides her time between farming, leading a women-led group called Africa Women’s Collaborative for a Healthy Food System, and providing training on farmer field school.  “When someone asks, ‘What is agroecology farming?’, I refer to the traditional practices that we have […]

Agroecology initiatives need political backing to thrive, experts say

By Chemtai Kirui NAIROBI, KENYA – Today marked the first day of the Agroecology Conference in Nairobi, where experts gathered to discuss the scaling up of agroecology initiatives to achieve food systems transformation in Africa. The first Eastern Africa agroecology conference, taking place at the Safari Park Hotel, organized by Ecological Organic Agriculture and the […]