This comes amid a concern that many young people in the country abandon crop production for elderly persons.
The National Agroecology Strategy for Food System Transformation 2024-2033 entails sustainable farming approaches that are friendly to nature, plants, humans and animals.
This is not what the government of Kenya envisioned when they started issuing licenses for wildlife farming.
Landowners, including institutional investors, are buying idle land to convert into perennial fodder farms, leasing out portions to livestock farmers or supplying feed to dairy cooperatives.
Alexine Khasoa was in Kitengela when the Covid-19 lockdowns hit Kenya in March 2020, uncertain of her next move, a friend suggested she try her luck in farming rather than sit idle.
With the clock ticking towards the December 31 deadline, Kenyan authorities are scrambling to digitally map the country’s coffee farms in compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulations rules.