Mary Njenga is a Kenyan agricultural researcher and scientist living in Nairobi. Demonstrating that agricultural research can impact policy, Mary was instrumental in incorporating urban farming as part of Kenya's national land policy.

Background Information
Find below a series of 1-minute video clips with stake-holders (extension workers, government workers, private sector, farmers groups, etc) in the agricultural process, and click here to see another series of 1-minute video clips with farmers to get their undigested views on the current system of research for agricultural development. These short clips, shot by Visiontime, have been screened at the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development event in March 2010 to remind participants of the voices of the farmers, and the need to reverse the international system of research to be less top-heavy and more responsive to the needs of the farmers.

Lucy Muchoki is an agri business entrepreneur in Nairobi, Kenya. Her partnership with women's copperative groups provides access to markets and transfer of know how to small holder farmers.