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27. August 2019

by Ben

A visit from Beijing

Eminent visitors on the weekend: Professors Li Yue and Dong Hongmin (surname before first name is the rule in China) from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing completed their four-day study trip on climate and agriculture organized by the German-Chinese Agricultural Center after visits …

20. June 2019

by Magdalena

Live chat: Berlin and Gilgil

In the beginning of this week we finally made our live call! The students of the St Ann School in Gilgil and their partner school in Berlin-Neukölln were able to exchange ideas in real time! Until now they had only seen pictures and videos of each …

11. June 2019

by Magdalena

School cooperation: Germany in contact with Kenya

What do schoolchildren in Germany and in Kenya have in common? They go to school, have to learn declinations and mathematics tables by heart, have exams etc. But most of all, they’re looking forward to spend time outside in their garden, where they grow their own …

17. September 2018

by 2000m²

A visit to Global Fields in Gilgil, Kenya

Between 7th to 10th August 2018, a team of two ASA participants from Kenya and Germany (Erick Agure and Lucas Haas) visited and took part in the global field activities in Kenya. The visit to global fields was done in tandem with Seed Savers Network Kenya …

2. September 2018

by Magdalena

Navdanya’s routine

Time flies, soon we’ll have stayed here for more than a month! Every day we learn new things, either in the morning by helping out on the fields or around the campus, or in the afternoon during one of the learning sessions, or by simply talking …

20. August 2018

by Magdalena

ASA India: Lakdah Journey

I spent the second week of my Indian journey in Ladakh, a region high up in the Himalayas, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, surrounded by China and Pakistan. The trip was organised by Navdanya and enabled an international group of 12 people to discover …

10. August 2018

by Magdalena

A letter from India

Magdalena and Sagar have spent 3 month with us in Berlin on the global field exploring the potential for an Indian-German collaboration around the 2000 m² idea. Now they have just arrived in Navdanya, an organic and diversity rich flagship farm near Dehradun, in India, where …

4. August 2018

by Ben

On their way to the Seed Savers in Gilgil

Lucas Haas and Erick Augure, our Kenian exchange team, have landed in Nairobi and are now on their way to Gilgil, our 2000m² partner field. The famers had send them this video about their work in the Seed Savers Network. We are looking forward to learn …

26. April 2018

by 2000m²

Additional 2000 m² Fields in Kenya

02.02.18 Background information Last year our organization shared our plans to establish more 2000m2 in Kenya to serve as training centers for farmers. These will be in addition to Maina’s family field which we have been reporting on. In October 2017, we selected and briefed farmer …

6. October 2017

by Lisa Mair

Agro-biodiversity on the field defies armyworm

The Seed Savers Network and also our 2000 m² Team are happy to report that the idea of the 2000 m2 Field in Gilgil in Kenya has shown some potential in feeding households, especially at this period when Kenya has experienced production challenges due to shortage of …