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Episode Synopsis
Welcome to the eighth and last episode of the first season of the Hali Hewa Podcast.
‘Hali Hewa’ is a Swahili term for ‘climate ' and this podcast series is hosted and produced by Kenyan climate activist, Abigael Kima.
COP27 came to a close about a week ago and now we are all looking at the next steps.
Our guest today is Claire Nasike Akello,
Claire Nasike is the Project Lead for Seed is Sovereign Campaign at Greenpeace Africa, the third awardee of the Wangari Maathai scholarship and the founder of the Hummingbird Foundation, an initiative that connects school children to nature by establishing organic food and botanical gardens. In her free time, she loves reading, and writing articles on her eco-blog www.conservationatheart.wordpress.com which has been nominated twice for Kenya bloggers awards (BAKE) in 2015 and 2018.
In this episode, she shares with us the reason behind her passion for indigenous food and seeds. GMO has been a big contentious issue over the last couple of months here in Kenya with the government lifting the ban on GMO. She explains the difference between hybrid crops and seeds and GMO as well as the implications of their usage and consumption. She brings new perspectives for farmers who are now locked in dependency of GMO and the policies that have been agreed upon by the government that completely ignores their needs and freedom. She also shares with the audience the meaning of food and seed sovereignty from an African perspective.
She signs off the show by shedding light on the linkage between biodiversity and indigenous crops and seeds and the role they play in ensuring a stable climate and gives recommendations on what should be done differently in the lines of policies to ensure farmers are protected and have freedom to farm like our ancestors did.
Enjoy the Show!
‘Hali Hewa’ is a Swahili term for ‘climate ' and this podcast series is hosted and produced by Kenyan climate activist, Abigael Kima.
COP27 came to a close about a week ago and now we are all looking at the next steps.
Our guest today is Claire Nasike Akello,
Claire Nasike is the Project Lead for Seed is Sovereign Campaign at Greenpeace Africa, the third awardee of the Wangari Maathai scholarship and the founder of the Hummingbird Foundation, an initiative that connects school children to nature by establishing organic food and botanical gardens. In her free time, she loves reading, and writing articles on her eco-blog www.conservationatheart.wordpress.com which has been nominated twice for Kenya bloggers awards (BAKE) in 2015 and 2018.
In this episode, she shares with us the reason behind her passion for indigenous food and seeds. GMO has been a big contentious issue over the last couple of months here in Kenya with the government lifting the ban on GMO. She explains the difference between hybrid crops and seeds and GMO as well as the implications of their usage and consumption. She brings new perspectives for farmers who are now locked in dependency of GMO and the policies that have been agreed upon by the government that completely ignores their needs and freedom. She also shares with the audience the meaning of food and seed sovereignty from an African perspective.
She signs off the show by shedding light on the linkage between biodiversity and indigenous crops and seeds and the role they play in ensuring a stable climate and gives recommendations on what should be done differently in the lines of policies to ensure farmers are protected and have freedom to farm like our ancestors did.
Enjoy the Show!
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