Is the army worm menace a manmade crisis?

[WuTang]

ION, it seems KARI’s land has been grabbed. Even staffers were being evicted from their houses by a ‘private developer.’

[Tarantinoh]

The armyworm affected a few subsaharan African states.

[Tarantinoh]

@WuTang

ION, it seems KARI’s land has been grabbed. Even staffers were being evicted from their houses by a ‘private developer.’

Wonders will never cease.

[Shaka]

@S_Lilly

Maize has been grown for nearly 10,000 years. It was not sustained by GMO seeding or via financial minded multinationals. Traditional preservation never failed until artificial preservation arrived.

We have more mouths to feed, we simply can’t do what our forefathers used to do

[Abba]

@S_Lilly

Maize has been grown for nearly 10,000 years. It was not sustained by GMO seeding or via financial minded multinationals. Traditional preservation never failed until artificial preservation arrived.

Before maize was introduced in Kenya , our forefathers fed on nduma, millet,soghurm,yam,potatoes,cassava, sweet potatoes as their source of starch. You need to do research uone when was maize introduced to Africa …around 1500AD, not 10,000 as you quoted. During that time there was no GMO technology. Guys would plant corn, harvest and then save some seeds for next planting season. By the way corn/maize (Zea Mays-biological name ) was a Mexican crop and they use it to make soft and hard tortilla .

Now then came a time in early 1900 when it became commercialized .Through a series of events (esp world war 2) became evident that GMO and DNA technology has to be invented to keep the steady supply of corn to the market. And that’s when seed breeding (like what Kenya seed) was improvised and perfected

There are benefits and detriments of DNA technology(a topic we can discuss later) but what I hate most is some selfish individuals selfishly benefitting from this technology at the expense of unsuspecting consumers or farmers. Hope i’v schooled you kiasi leo:D:D. I can refer you to some publication I did for the same if you want but at a fee of course

[Abba]

@Shaka

I do not know whether the epidemic is natural or manmade but most of you are misinformed about the GMO thing. Since the introduction of hybrid seeds farmers have to buy new seeds every season, introduction of GMo will not change anything.
We always buy new hybrid seed everything season because hybrid seeds are F1 seeds which give high yield due to something called hybrid vigour. If you plant seeds from your own last season harvest they will yield low since they will be F2 generation seeds.
Introducing GMO maize like they did with Bt cotton, would actually harm manufacturers of pesticide and benefit multinational seed producers who have the capability to produce this GMO maize seeds. The local seed companies would struggle for several years till when they will have that capacity

shait , wewe pia ni mtu was unit ya "plant breeding " when did you graduate :D:D:D been wondering .I’m sure you are a post grad student .

[Abba]

@Shaka

We have more mouths to feed, we simply can’t do what our forefathers used to do

if that Lily guy can do traditional method maze people will die of hunger that’s why earlier I said there are benefits and detriments of this modification of organisms genetically

[system]

@Abba

Then I saw today’s paper someone advocating for “introduce gmo maize to curb army worm”
Once introduced from Monsanto company it means every year you will have to go back to them for another clone. Hence becomes addictive like sigara. Then they control you with prices and determine what pesticides you buy from them and at what price. Purely it’s cartels hands

Finally Arap mashamba ame manage kuingiza GMOs

[inzhener_otmetka]

@Abba

Then I saw today’s paper someone advocating for “introduce gmo maize to curb army worm”
Once introduced from Monsanto company it means every year you will have to go back to them for another clone. Hence becomes addictive like sigara. Then they control you with prices and determine what pesticides you buy from them and at what price. Purely it’s cartels hands

Terminater technology in the seeds to make them sterile. You cannot reuse what you’ve harvested as seed. You have to go back to Monsanto et al for new seed. In short, they will decide whether you live or not…they’ll be playing god!

[Abba]

@inzhener otmetka

Terminater technology in the seeds to make them sterile. You cannot reuse what you’ve harvested as seed. You have to go back to Monsanto et al for new seed. In short, they will decide whether you live or not…they’ll be playing god!

Exactly that’s what I hate. They can play those games huko kwao but not force it on us through legislation. But our politicians being hungry watapewa kakitu and then we get hooked

[Abba]

@Kimakia

Finally Arap mashamba ame manage kuingiza GMOs

I still see his ugly hands in it .

[kijanamrefu]

@WuTang

ION, it seems KARI’s land has been grabbed. Even staffers were being evicted from their houses by a ‘private developer.’

This is sad man. This place has been taken apart polepole over the last couple of year. Mwaka ya mwisho wa nguvu was 2012.