[kictanet] Technology or food

Wed Feb 1 12:55:00 EAT 2012

This is a very serious issue! When parliament resumes in a few days, the land bills - i.e. The National Land Commission, the Land Act, etc will be centre stage. I urge you all to pay attention  and advocate for the correct provisions and focus on food security and irrational land sub-division. 

Additionally, a key Vision 2030 project is the consolidation of the over 130 Agriculture Acts into no more than 10 or so, as well as the rationalisation of the numerous parastatals into just a few effective ones. Thus we do not need a Coffee Act, Tea Act, Cotton Act, etc nor do we need a Parastatal dedicated to the development of each and every crop. Rather we should have rationalised market regulation and agricultural development focused on food security, modern farming methods and technologies, value addition and competitive global positioning.

I hope we shall all engage when these are land agriculture bills are tabled in parliament if you haven't already been engaged in their formulation.

Regards,

Mugo

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On 31 Jan 2012, at 14:04, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Lizette,
> 
> You raise a very pertinent issue that of land subdivision into uneconomic sizes, Hon. Kimunya almost lost his head when as Minister of Lands he tried to pass a bill that would set the minimum sub divisible agricultural land to 5 acres.
> 
> Our failure to listen to him is finally coming home to roost as children brand their parents, who refuse to subdivide the 1 acre "ancestral land" between the 6 brothers (remember the 4 sisters), as witches resulting in their slaughter in cold blood.  
> 
> How does the Vision 2030 intend to deal with this time bomb as we move 60% of the population into urban areas and away from agricultural production?  
> 
> Note that the remaining 40% in 2030 will be a larger population than currently lives in rural areas indicating that the issue will still be simmering.  The reduction in harvests will continue to dwindle as the soils become exhausted and water tables continue to drop while rains keep failure.
> 
> How will the funds being spent in technology assist us in developing sustainable food security?
> 
> Regards
> 
>  
> Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya  Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
> From: Lizette Kraft <lfkraft at gmail.com>
> To: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> 
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 
> Sent: Monday, 30 January 2012, 19:25
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Technology or food
> 
> Scary yes, coz of the land issues where everyone wants the land and the land keeps getting divided from one generation to another. How can there be enough land for people to do large scale farming for food security, when people make issues of the large land being cultivated??? If anyone has a large peice of land they will be pounced upon. Why, which, when who, what is the questions asked. None of our leaders are even thinking about the land being insufficient to increase food secuity. Everyone wants it for themselve!!! This has been going on for years since the white people left or were forced out or bought out. Whichever.......... And we are going to blame ............................ I wonder!!
>  
> It is truly very sad for all. but one way or another all are to blame, is what I think! Sorry if it is not what people want to hear. But fact is fact!
>  
> Sorry had to air my views on this one.
>  
> cheers
>  
> 
> 
>  
> On 30 January 2012 18:32, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was searching for information about the wheat and rice production in Kenya and came across the following information which is very worrying about our food security.
> 
> http://www.indexmundi.com/agriculture/?country=ke&commodity=milled-rice&graph=production 
> 
> http://www.indexmundi.com/agriculture/?country=ke&commodity=wheat&graph=production
> 
> We are producing less and less of our staple food yet the population is growing.
> 
> Regards
> 
>  
> Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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