Kenyan Maize Offers a Lesson in Food Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities
If we didn’t have maize, everything would be different, from how we farm to what we eat. Less than one season ago, it seemed we were growing more maize than ...
Gilbert Arap Bor
Tips For President Kenyatta’s “Big 4 Agenda” For Kenya
Just as cooking a good meal takes the right ingredients, Kenya’s “Big Four Agenda” needs the right ingredients of advanced science and technology, led by GMO se...
On the Brink of Innovative Ag Technology Acceptance: A Kenyan Farmer’s Perspective
Farmers have good years and bad years. Here in Kenya, however, the good years never have seemed quite as good as they should be and the bad years have felt wors...
GMO Beyond The Science III: Collaborative GLP and GFN Project
The Global Farmer Network (GFN) has collaborated with the Genetic Literacy Project (GLP) on GMO Beyond The Science III that follows the earlier I and II multi-p...
What If Africa’s Farmers Had Access to Needed Seed Technology?
We’ve been told by trusted media and researchers that Kenya is on the brink of accepting biotechnology in agriculture. I’ve said it myself. And now, President ...
Kenya’s Election of Consequence
*EDITOR'S NOTE: please see breaking news from Kenya as reported Sept 1. "In a decision hailed as the first of its kind for Africa, Kenya’s Supreme Court on F...
A Kenyan Farmer Makes the Case for the Commercialization of GM Maize
This year, I’ve seen the devastation of the present—and I’ve also witnessed hope for the future. Unfortunately, this is an election period and everyone seems...
Time for Kenya Move Off the Brink and Lead with Agricultural Technology
Kenya is on the brink of embracing biotechnology in agriculture. The MIT Technology Review made the claim in October: “Kenya is thought to be on the brink of...
Open Letter to the EU Parliament from a Kenyan Farmer: Leave Africa Alone
In 1885, the great European powers met in Berlin to share Africa amongst themselves, launching a dark period of colonialist exploitation. Today, European law...
It is Time for Kenya to Plant the First Biotech Crop Acre
Around the world, farmers have planted almost 5 billion acres of genetically modified crops. Here in Kenya, we’re still waiting to plant our very first acre ...
Gilbert Arap Bor
Farmer, Kapseret, Kenya
D. Gilbert Arap Bor grows maize, vegetables and dairy cows on a small-scale farm of 25 acres in Kapseret, near Eldoret, Kenya. He also lectures at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Eldoret campus and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Kenyan Fish Marketing Authority. Dr. Bor is the 2011 Kleckner Award recipient and a member of the Global Farmer Network.