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A team of farmers from Vihiga who toured farming practiced agro ecology in Murang'a.[File-Standard]
Stakeholders at a recent national agroecology symposium urged the government to support their participation in boardroom decision-making to end years of top‑down policy formulation.
During the two-day forum, farmers, fishers, and pastoralists pleaded to be heard, as most had reverted to traditional methods of farming and livestock rearing due to the effects of climate change, among other challenges.
The forum, held in Nairobi and facilitated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Pelum Kenya, brought together hundreds of farmers and pastoralists who said they had responded to the effects of climate change in new ways and reduced their risk of lifestyle diseases.
