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Who can share seeds? As climate change and counterfeits hurt Kenyan farmers, it's a growing question

KIKUYU, Kenya (AP) — Tucked away in a lush, forested area of central Kenya's Kikuyu town, the National Seed Bank stands as a crucial safeguard for the future of the country's agriculture. Inside two ...
Newsday

Kenyan court declares law banning seed sharing unconstitutional

KISUMU, Kenya — A high court in Kenya on Thursday declared unconstitutional sections of a seed law that prevented farmers from sharing and selling indigenous seeds in what food campaigners have called ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Kenya seed bank aids food security

KIKUYU, Kenya -- Tucked away in a lush, forested area of central Kenya's Kikuyu town, the National Seed Bank stands as a crucial safeguard for the future of the country's agriculture. Inside two ...
IFEX

Kenyan choir sings in defiance of law criminalising sharing of indigenous seeds

A grassroots choir in a Kenyan village is using music to resist Kenya’s restrictive seed laws and preserve the country’s fast-disappearing Indigenous seed heritage. This story was written by Ruth ...
Global Voices Online

Kenya outlawed the sharing of Indigenous seeds. A village choir is fighting back

This story was written by Ruth Nganga and originally published by Minority Africa on April 29, 2025. This revised version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement. It is a sunny ...