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Mary Abukutsa-Onyango
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“It is a profound honour. This award is the continent’s foremost recognition of individuals and institutions transforming farming from a struggle for survival into a thriving enterprise. For me, it affirms that African indigenous vegetables are central to the transformation of African food systems.”
Mary Abukutsa-Onyango (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For example, indigenous bambara nuts and pigeon pea yield relatively better in low fertility soils and with low rainfall, compared with beans," she notes. "And this allows a diversified, sustainable production model that insures nutritional security and prosperity.”
Mary Abukutsa-Onyango (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t believe we can address the issues of nutrition security, poverty, and health in Kenya without relying on African indigenous crops. With a soaring food crisis, and maize harvests predicted to be 16 percent below former years as a result of changing Kenyan weather patterns, the only grains that could adequately replace maize in my opinion would be indigenous millets and sorghum, which are more drought tolerant.”
Mary Abukutsa-Onyango (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food.”
Mary Abukutsa-Onyango (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is also the fulfilment of a dream I held since the age of ten – that these vegetables would be valued and accessible to all who need them for food, nutrition, health security, and economic empowerment.”
Mary Abukutsa-Onyango (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source