Indigenous Day: Masinde Muliro University in western Kenya to spearhead planting of 130,000 indigenous trees in the region
Traditional midwife Philis Mutei urged young people to embrace safe traditional family-planning practices and learn from indigenous health systems, saying there was a need to preserve knowledge passed down through generations.
Farmers in Kenya’s Rift Valley region turn to indigenous crops to strengthen food systems, restore diminishing soil health
Stakeholders at the forum agreed that supporting indigenous knowledge and sustainable farming methods would be key in building resilient food systems capable of withstanding the effects of climate change.
Kenya unveils robust programme to protect and commercialise indigenous knowledge
Speaking in Naivasha during the Governors’ Consultative Roundtable, Cabinet Secretary for Gender, Culture, Arts and Heritage Hannah Cheptumo said the pilot phase will benefit Garissa, Kakamega, Kericho, Kilifi, Kisii, Makueni, Marsabit, Murang’a, Narok, Siaya, Tharaka Nithi, Turkana and Vihiga.
Going cultural: How indigenous seeds crusader in Kenya’s semi-arid Machakos is paving way for sustainable agriculture
Interviewed, Mutava shared how indigenous seeds are integral to her farming success. Her story begins in 2021 when Mwang’a Farmers Group partnered with Grow Biointensive Agriculture Centre of Kenya (G-BiACK), an organisation that champions agroecology and the use of indigenous seeds in crop farming.
Exhibitors at indigenous seeds fair in Nanyuki question Kenya’s discriminatory seeds law
The case was filed in 2022 by 15 small-scale farmers who argue that the Seed and Plant Variety Act of 2012 and the Seed Regulations of 2016 were undermining local farmers on indigenous seeds and cultural practices matters.
