Drop industrial farming, Greenpeace urges Kenya government

Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri (centre) addresses a press conference in Nairobi on Wednesday, September 26 2018, alongside Chief Administrative Secretary, Agriculture and Irrigation, Dr Andrew Tuimur (left) and Chairman, United Grain Millers Association, Peter Kuguru, shortly after a meeting with millers and traders, in Nairobi.Kiunjuri announced drop in maize flour prices to Sh75 per 2KG packet. Greenpeace is now petitioning to legislate laws that promote ecological farming. [Photo: David Njaaga/Standard]

As the world marks world food day, Kenyan consumers and small scale farmers in partnership with Greenpeace Africa have petitioned Kenyan parliament to make laws that support sustainable ecological farming.

In the petition, Greenpeace Environmental Organisation, – an organisation that works with smallholder farmers in Kenya to promote ecological agriculture – says it is acting on behalf of the public interest; the citizens of Kenya, consumers and small scale farmers.