If I was…
GMO: It seems to me that the whole GMO discussion has brought about some confusion. This is what I know about GMO
Limited seeds: The seeds are specially designed so that you can’t plant what you eat, and you can’t eat what you are supposed to plant. So you have to buy the food. Period.
Cash Economy: Either you make enough money to buy the GMO food or you borrow. You wont find the food here, and it will not be given to you for free – unless the givers don’t want the food itself [!]
If I was a concerned Kenyan then I would
- eat local organic non-GMO-able foods like – brown ugali [millet/sorghum/maize flour which incidentally is quite healthy and tasty], ngwaci [sweet potatoes], nduma [arrow roots], cassava etc which are locally available and are fairly drought resistant.
- grow organic. I would become a farmer of the above named local foods which have fairly consistent prices, are healthier, are more available, less seasonal and most importantly for this discussion not patented for sale by someone who doesn’t know or doesn’t care about our plight.
That way regardless of whether the rain comes or not, or if the dollar rises or falls we have food to eat!
