1st edition of the Winter School Agri-Food Choices in Kenya

(Baraka Agricoltural College, 22/01/2020 - Ruth M. and Anita D.) Yesterday we listened to a lesson by Raffaele Matacena, who talked about the development of the global food system and the current challenge to sustainability and food sovereignty. In short we can say that food system is dynamic and it has changed over the years, driven by different factors. Three movements appeared over the years: Productivism was driven by the principle that every country should produce what is best at and import all the rest, instead of try to produce everything. These system is found in the fact that exist few companies with a lot of power which drive the system and suffocate the small producers. During the 1980s a new system appeared: the post productivism , based on control and regulation through the request for certification about the origin of food. During this period people developed the need to know and understand the production process and this lead to a more regulated food system esp...

(Baraka Agricultural College - Molo, Kenya, 21 Juanuary 2020- Marta P.) "When it comes to the relevance of feeding and food habits, Kenyans are more open and aware, especially because of the impact of quality and clean food on their own health. Cancer, consequence of the fertilizers and agro-toxics heavy introduction in the last decades, is a great reason for the people to change habits and get back to a more traditional, small-scale and clean production. So, initiatives as ours (*Slow Food Kenya) are very much welcomed by the local communities", affirms Mr John Kariuki, coordinator of Slow Food Kenya, in the opening session of the the first " Winter School in Agri-Food choices: from field to plate, for the planet: building a better food system ", taking place from the 19th to the 29th January 2020 in Nakuru County - Kenya. Kenya, a country with a population of about 47 million people, of which 70% relies on agricultural, still faces big challenges in guarantee...

Lecturers Paola Branduardi Paola Branduardi graduated cum Laude in Biological Sciences at the Univer- sity of Milano, Italy, and received a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Milano, with an internship at the Vienna BioCenter, work- ing on the yeast cell cycle progression. She moved in 2000 at the University of Milano Bicocca as Post-Doc, where she started to work on Industrial Bio- technology where she is now full professor in Chemistry of Fermentation and Industrial Microbiology. Her research aims at the development of sus- tainable microbial-based bioprocesses, mainly valorizing residual biomasses as in the concept of biorefineries. She published over 60 peer-reviewed pa- pers, 7 book chapters, and she is (co-)inventor of 10 patent applications, 6 of which obtained the PCT status, and 5 subsequently licensed. She is co- founder and president of Galatea BioTech srl, a University spin-off company active in the production of bio-based biodegradable m...

WINTER SCHOOL  DAY BY DAY  CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES From 20 to 30 of January 2020 Baraka Agricultural College (Kenya) in collaboration with Scarica versione PDF

AGRI-FOOD CHOICES. From field to plate, for the planet: building a better food system ENVIRONMENT The First Edition of Agri-Food Choices Winter School is a collaboration between the Slow Food Youth Network and the University of Milan-Bicocca through the Best4Food (Bicocca cEnter of Science and Technology for FOOD ). The program will be held in Nakuru, Kenya. It will provide to participants 10 days of lectures, seminars, workshops, class assignments, discussions, real life scenarios, field trips and group exercises. The program will look into how, local and global actors, take into account the needs of the Youth, farmers and indigenous peoples (society), of the local economy (economy) and the sustainability of food production (environment).