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Seed Savers Network

Seed Savers Network(SSN) is a national membership based farmers organization registered in 2009. SSN works at grassroots level with a mission to conserve agrobiodiversity by strengthening communities seed systems for improved food and nutritional security. We have been working in helping smallholder farmers access seeds and conserve agrobiodiversity. Over the years the network has grown to over 58,000 small scale farmers and established over 43 seed banks with over 100 varieties of beans. From small scale farmers who produce them using ecological farming principles.

Global Bean projects we are involved in:

We can offer:

Experience with different bean varieties usage, environmental growth and varieties of bean seeds

We seek:

Exchange experience in bean varieties nutrition aspect and documentation

In the Global Bean network since:
July 2022

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Seed Savers Kenya

Seed savers Network(SSN) is a national membership based farmers organization. SSN works at grassroots level with a mission to conserve agrobiodiversity by strengthening communities seed systems for improved food and nutritional security

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Events

Legumes and the Hunger Crisis

With overnutrition globally becoming a bigger problem than undernutrition, there is no shortage of food. However the price of food commodities is subject to speculation, and 36% of the grains are used as animal feed. Let's have a look at crisis-situations in Europe, Kenya, and India, and what part legumes could play.

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Articles

The central role of legumes in Kenyan diet

Kenya is considered a farming nation. Among farming communities in the country, legumes are an important source of nourishment and are, therefore, central to many diets in the country. They are indeed good sources of protein, fibre, they protect against diseases, they fertilise the soil for other crops and they contribute to the economy of the country. Want to know how? Discover the role of vegetables in Kenya in this article! 

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A case of cowpeas in Baringo County, Kenya

Many regions of Kenya can be categorized into arid and semi-arid lands that receive unsustainable rainfall of between 250mm-500mm. Millions of smallholder farmers in the arid and semiarid lands of Kenya prefer cultivating legumes over other cash crops – crops grown mainly for sale – due to…

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Recipes

Githeri

Seed savers Network(SSN) is a national membership based farmers organization. SSN works at grassroots level with a mission to conserve agrobiodiversity by strengthening communities seed systems for improved food and nutritional security

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