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Who will feed me?
Like many Africans, I have an "ancestral home" (or shags as we call it in Kenya) where we have a farm. Just 10 years ago my shags was considered to be in the RURAL areas. But with the growth in urban population and the expansion of the cities, my shags in now considered to be in the suburb. Which means that real estate is now booming business as all the farms are targeted for shopping malls and apartment complexes.
So, who will feed all the people "encroaching" on these farmlands? This question came to mind as I read Patricio Buenrostro-Gilhuys's blog post titled 'Collaborate- Urban Farm'. His challenge he presents is one being faced by many farmers who sell their farmlands to real estate developers.
One solution that I have seen is what we call community farming where neighbouring farms agree to grow crops on the land as if it was one tract as opposed to many litte farms. These farmers have reaped the benefits of economies of scale and increased efficiencies. But with less land to grown enough food to feed more people, innovative farming methods are needed to ensure greater yeilds from smaller tract of land in this era of climate change.
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Comment by Brad Johnson on March 10, 2010 at 9:20am
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This is a big deal. I hope it is treated as such by your community! It is definitely important to stand strong as one than to be divided and weak.
1 stick will break, 100 will not.
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Comment by Nick Heyming on March 10, 2010 at 9:20am
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Its important that green spaces be designated early on, and that communal gardens are worked into the system. My organization is trying to put those back into our community after they've been pushed out, but it'd be alot easier if someone like yourself had put space aside when it was still being developed...
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Comment by Cian Gregory Accuardi Shelley on March 11, 2010 at 2:47am
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Great Post
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Comment by Patricio Buenrostro-Gilhuys on March 11, 2010 at 6:25am
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Great Vision Shakwei!!! It´s awesome small farmers are getting together!!! Cool!!!
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Comment by Jen Shaffer on March 11, 2010 at 11:34pm
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I am loving reading your blog posts! Keep it up!
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Comment by Rahul Dewanjee on March 15, 2010 at 10:31am
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the theme of this story is perhaps same in most emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India and China or BRIC economies) where it has been very tempting in the short run to acquire fertile agricultural lands to create potential 'land banks' for building shopping malls, special economic zones (SEZs) and business parks. In India, politicians and industrialists are actively involved in this process. This is sad that it is happening all in the name of economic progress.
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Comment by John D. Boyden on March 17, 2010 at 5:44pm
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+1 collaboration This is where creative architecture comes in. Bilding over or under farmland may be the answer
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Comment by Hayden Darrell Linder on March 19, 2010 at 6:16pm
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I'm starting to get used to feeling of sounding stupid. But doesn't Kenya have a ton of useful land for farming? Is a simple "move" of the farm an option? Meaning, use the money form the sale of the family farm to purchase new cheaper plot farther form town?
Keep in mind I've never been to Africa so I have Noooooo idea what all the details are here.
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Comment by Philip Wood on March 19, 2010 at 6:46pm
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Hayden> There are no stupid questions, sharing knowledge is a huge part of how EVOKE works.
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Comment by Shakwei Mbindyo on March 19, 2010 at 7:18pm
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@Hayden, much of Kenya is semi arid. We do have a good amount of arable land but climate change is taking its toll. It has been raining since November 2009 but prior to that we had a 3-year drought impacting food production, income generation (agriculture is a key income earner for many kenyans), power outages (much of our power is water generated) etc... Not a pretty picture
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