Who we are Bio Gardening Innovations,in short BIOGI is a registered Kenyan Nonprofit operating from Elnuni village in Vihiga County in Western Kenya. It advances ecological and natural farming principles for food system change with special attention on smallholder transformation and livelihood improvement in Kenya. food system transformation BIOGI supports a paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to a diverse agroecology system. This involves the transformation of a mono culture mindset into a diverse food system thinking,[IPES- FOOD.20167.From uniformity to diversity] Out comes of diverse systems includes the following four elements;
productivity outcomes ;that focus on total outputs rather than single crops
environmental outcomes ;reduction of green house gas emissions,water efficiency,conservation of wild biodiversity and enhancement of ecosystem services
socio economic outcomes -diverse food systems builds resilient livelihoods from the risks of variable yields and seasonal changes
Nutrition and health outcomes-diverse systems translates into dietary diversity at farm household level
Planet earth that is increasingly threatened by its inhabitants. Like an overburdened mother ,she is getting on the edges of her limits. This ranges from climatic crisis to development models that disrupts value of local food systems and lifestyle.practices such as continued use of synthetics in food production and engineered crops are threats to peoples health and livelihoods in general.Smallholders such as those in Africa are most vulnerable as their Food culture and connections to their landscape environments are sevely disrupted and destroyed. ecological connections With climatic crisis at hand and its severe negative impacts on livelihoods on developing countries, especially in Africa; agricultural transformation and food systems change is urgently required . A more responsive connection to culturally appropriate food that conserves local ecology and creates wealth locally while supporting the resilience and rights of poor communities to managing their land sustainably is needed.
Bio Gardening Innovations BIOGI, is in pursuit of such systems in collaboration with other like-minded organizations locally and internationally.