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exactly we should revert back to our fading food culture by growing indigenous crops which did well organically and are resilient to harsh climate conditions.

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Agriculture is a way to go

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This is a farmer with a bigger purpose at heart. Great set up.

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Amazingly beautiful crops... They are lively and encouraging

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I am really inspired. How do i get your contacts in regard to Organic seeds Sylvia Kuria?

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Hi. I really appreciate e the way we are fighting to have organically grown food in our markets. I also have a small backyard garden with green leafy vegetables. I keep it organic and i am trying hard to not introduce any chemical. But now the vegetable leafs are being affected by aphids. Are there any natural ways for me to get rid of the aphids.

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What insecticide you use to control the insects on the farm

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“All movements start with causes and good intentions,” Mugwanya noted. “At its core it’s to promote taking care of social justice - I wouldn’t fight such a cause. The problem comes in when movements get so radical in terms of their ideology. What I’ve seen in Africa, the dominant version of agroecology to me as an ideological extension of the well-fed, privileged folks in in the West who run to places like Africa and use all these narratives like we don’t want Africa to go through the problems of the West, forgetting the contextual problems that Africa has. I’ve seen the problems you have here [in the US] and food is not one of them. Where I come from, I can tell you, I know what it means to go without a meal a day. We need to have a very honest and nuanced conversation about what kind of agroecology are you trying to promote? And are you really caring about the needs of the farmers, getting them out of poverty, helping them have more food, or are you caring for your ideology?”
Mugwanya said that he wrote a critique of the dominant version of agroecology, which “seems to me to be a proxy word for fighting industrial practices.” However, he feels it “diverges from the scientific definition of agroecology, which doesn’t say you can exclude anything” in its practice. “Those with the louder voices, the ideological side, tend to push a point of view that’s very conservative,” that restricts options and can create additional burdens on women. Genetic Literacy Project dot org Oct 5, 2020