{"id":29586,"date":"2020-09-09T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/story\/der-wunsch-nach-veraenderung-steigt\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T11:08:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T10:08:55","slug":"forumforagroecologyinkenya","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/story\/forumforagroecologyinkenya\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abThe desire for change is growing\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Martin Herren, why does Kenya need a new exchange platform?<\/h2>

Many people in Kenya had been working individually or in small groups until now to promote an organic agricultural transformation. \u00a0The time has now come to unite and get political and economic decision-makers to join forces and focus on agroecological approaches. The forum also offers interest groups space for an objective, scientific dialogue.<\/p>

What interest does the Kenyan state have for involvement in this forum?<\/h2>

The Kenyan government has realized that challenges like climate change or population growth cannot be solved through \u201cmore of the same\u201d. Farmers, consumers and NGOs also express a growing desire for ecological change. By participating in the ISFAA, the Kenyan state encounters the latest scientific findings and can exchange information with all stakeholders simultaneously.<\/p>

How do you ensure that farmers\u2019 needs are considered?<\/h2>

The forum creates a bridge between national and local actors. It includes numerous NGOs with close contacts to farmer groups. Many forum activities also take place at the county level, and we regularly invite farmer group representatives to Nairobi. They are able to report on the impacts of agroecological approaches and their most pressing problems. This creates a fruitful dialogue between national, regional and local actors.\u00a0<\/p>

How do you see the ISFAA\u2019s chances of success?<\/h2>

I am convinced that it will be worth bringing the issues of agroecology and agrobiodiversity into the national debate on agriculture more prominently. The group\u2019s work will also help generate more scientific evidence and more university teaching on the subject. It will take a bit more time before government- or private-supported programmes are launched, though.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Das \u00abIntersectoral Forum on Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology\u00bb (ISFAA)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIm Rahmen des ISFAA, gegr\u00fcndet am 11. August in Nairobi, Kenia, treffen sich rund 40 bis 50 Entscheidungstr\u00e4gerinnen, Wissenschaftler, Unternehmerinnen und Kleinbauern, die sich f\u00fcr eine \u00f6kologische Transformation der Landwirtschaft in Kenia hin zu mehr Agrar\u00f6kologie und Agrobiodiversit\u00e4t einsetzen. Das Forum wurde von der Deutschen staatlichen Entwicklungsagentur in Zusammenarbeit mit Biovision lanciert. \n\nEs verfolgt drei Hauptziele:
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\n1. die Mitglieder \u00fcber \u00f6kologische Ans\u00e4tze in der Landwirtschaft in Kenia zu informieren
\n2. Raum zu bieten f\u00fcr Erfahrungs- und Meinungsaustausch.
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What gives you confidence?<\/h2>

The forum receives unusually broad support from local actors. It is also notable that the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Environment jointly host the forum. This lends the forum a high degree of legitimacy and gives it a strong political voice. Finally, the\u00a0German governmental development agency GIZ<\/a>\u00a0is a strong supporter of the platform and can contribute technical expertise and resources.<\/p>

What role does climate change play in the ISFAA?<\/h2>

Because it is so urgent, climate change is a cross-cutting issue that will be addressed in all working groups. Agroecology\u2019s potential to combat the consequences of climate change was scientifically substantiated in the recently published\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0by Biovision and the\u00a0UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).<\/a>\u00a0The revision of national climate pledges has set politics in motion in Kenya. There is a momentum for change \u2013 and we want to use it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biovision is co-organizing a forum to bring political and agricultural players together in Kenya. Martin Herren, Biovision project manager, is convinced: \u201cChances are good for ecological change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2857,"template":"","exclude-from-search":[],"newsletter":[],"region":[231],"projektthema":[],"themen":[251],"class_list":["post-29586","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","region-international-en","themen-politics"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 02:47:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"newsletter","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/29586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/story"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/29586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"exclude-from-search","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exclude-from-search?post=29586"},{"taxonomy":"newsletter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter?post=29586"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=29586"},{"taxonomy":"projektthema","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projektthema?post=29586"},{"taxonomy":"themen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/themen?post=29586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}