Nairobi, May 20, 2025 (AFP) - Kenyan trial challenges law against seed sharing

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2025-05-20

Kenyan farmers on Tuesday launched a court challenge to laws that prevent them from selling and sharing unregulated seeds. Smallholder farmers make up 70 percent of the east African country's agricultural sector and rely on the informal sharing of seeds when they are in short supply. But some fear that rules introduced in 2012 and 2016 have made the practice illegal by forcing farmers to only buy and exchange certified seeds. The government say......

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