PELUM News

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 the participants on the broad practices, principles and issues on

Ms. Naoko Tsuyama; President Africa Japan  Forum with PELUM Kenya staff 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 about PELUM Kenya work as a network and explore areas of

Organic Agriculture Forum participants 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 organic support services; certification bodies, government representatives and financial institutions. Four

2016 AGM Delegates 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 organizations. During the AGM, three new member organizations namely; Garden of

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 the context of agro-ecology and nutrition. Presentations,

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 organic support services; certification bodies, government representatives and financial institutions. Four panelists sessions comprising key organic market

PELUM Kenya held a workshop on Climate change: Resilience and Impact on Food Security from 11th to 13th May 2016. The target participants were PELUM Kenya Member Organizations staff who have been assigned Climate Change responsibilities in Member organizations.The purpose of the workshop was to build resilience for adaptation to climate change in agriculture to

PELUM Kenya held an advocacy review meeting for its network members on 3rd December 2015 at Hillcourt Hotel- Nakuru County. The objectives of the review meeting were to: a) Review the progress made in 2015 in the zones and identify lesson learnt that can improve on implementation b) Discuss and agree on tools for data

PELUM Kenya held a training on marketing and agribusiness on 3rd to 5th November 2015 at the Hillcourt Hotel Nakuru. Participants were trained on value chain development, marketing and Market development and as well on organic agriculture, standards and certification.The training was identified as a priority capacity need for PELUM Kenya network during the 2015

PELUM Kenya held an organic talk to a section of Kenya Utalii College students and staff on 29th October 2015. The talk aimed at creating awareness on the importance of Organic food and farming; popularizing the Green Action Week campaigns; creating awareness on the East African Organic mark of standardization and profiling the organic outlets