It is common knowledge among Kenyan farmers that without fertilizer, crops won’t grow.
Just as children need healthy diets to flourish, plants need special n...
This column originally appeared on 11/11/19 in the Ideas & Debate section of Business Daily Africa.
In the West, daily, people are asking themselves, W...
Always let the farmer have a voice.
Thats the message I delivered last month at an agricultural forum in Germanyand its the message that I intend to sprea...
Hey, be neat, no meat, said television talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres in a short video she posted to social media on September 17.
Its a great idea for t...
We care deeply about where our ingredients come from, says Chipotle Mexican Grill on its website.
Yet the restaurant chain apparently doesnt care enough t...
Farmers on the frontiers of prosperity are choosing GM seeds.
Theyre embracing this technology so much that 54 percent of the global cropland devoted to GM ...
The statement just came to me: Let Africans decide what is best for Africa!
A European expert had offered a different opinion. In his view, African farme...
It is very difficult to stop a good idea from spreading.
This is the ultimate lesson gained from the discovery this spring that genetically modified brinjal ...
When I first heard about the activists who want to take away crop-protection products from African farmers like me, I couldnt believe it. Do they really want t...
If we didnt 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 ...
