Legal & Regulatory Developments
Cooperatives
Kenya’s Seed-Sharing Judgment Meets a Maize Deficit: Farmer Systems as Food-Security Infrastructure
Machakos High Court struck criminal penalties on saving and exchanging farm-saved seed; Court of Appeal left that protection standing pending appeal. FEWS and USDA put long-rains maize sharply below average in 2026. UNDROP article 19 is the rights frame; drought-hit hectares are the risk. Q3 2026; 91 days to the main EUDR clock for large and medium operators.