The Kenya National Assembly Committee of Agriculture reinforced the ban that has been in force since 2012 on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in December 2016. The Committee explained that the ban should not be lifted until the country develops necessary laws to ensure safety of...
Kambati Farmers Self Hep Group; a SACDEP Kenya farmer group, is one of the farmer groups that has turned around the lives of many through Bank Without Walls savings and loaning scheme. SACDEP Kenya is amember organization for PELUM Kenya. SACDEP Kenya started working with the...
Healthy Consumers- Organic Food is naturally full of healthy nutrients Chemical Free- Organic food has no harmful chemical residues, additives and artificial colours Great taste- Organic food is naturally tastier Naturally healthy- Organic food is naturally full of healthy nutrients Environmentally friendly- Organic production...
PELUM Kenya joined the rest of the World to celebrate the World Food Day on the 16th October 2016 at Mutituni, Machakos County. The event will be hosted by the Lower Eastern and Coast Zone of PELUM Kenya. The theme of this year's World Food...
PELUM Kenya held its 2016 Country Working Group (CWG) on the 30th September 2016 at Golden Palace Hotel Nakuru. The CWG meeting was attended by 54 participants among them PELUM Kenya staff and three PELUM Kenya board members. During the meeting, members clustered themselves in...
PELUM Kenya in partnership with the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) organized a 2-day forum from 8th – 9th September 2016 at the Jumuia Resorts in Nakuru for small scale farmers on Agro-ecology. This was both a capacity building forum aimed at training...
[caption id="attachment_15854" align="alignnone" width="300"] Ms. Naoko Tsuyama; President Africa Japan Forum with PELUM Kenya staff[/caption] The President of Africa Japan Forum Ms. Naoko Tsuyama visited PELUM Kenya at their Country Secretariat offices on the 30th August 2016. The aim of the visit was to learn more...
[caption id="attachment_15857" align="alignnone" width="300"] Organic Agriculture Forum participants[/caption] On the 25th August 2016, PELUM Kenya held an Organic Agriculture Market Forum at the Sportsview Hotel, Kasarani. The forum brought together over 100 participants comprised of PELUM Kenya Member Organizations, farmers, organic traders, organic input suppliers and...
[caption id="attachment_15830" align="alignleft" width="300"] 2016 AGM Delegates[/caption] PELUM Kenya held its 2016 Annual General Meeting on the 24th June 2016 at Waterbuck Hotel, Nakuru. A total of sixty six (66) delegates attended the AGM with a representation of one staff from all the PELUM Kenya member...
Venue: Mosaic Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Date: 24-26 November 2016 Organization: Organized by Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), the Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative for Africa (EOA-I), AfrONet, IFOAM – Organics International and others. Nature of Conference: A 3-day conference on changing food systems in Africa in...