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Mary Karanu

2024-10-16

Mary is an Advocacy Advisor at Welthungerhilfe in Kenya and brings over 15 years of experience working for social justice. She is an ambassador of the BMZ Partners for Change (P4C) network. From 2020 to 2024, she led a project at Rural Outreach Africa to strengthen local governance in Vihiga County, which resulted in the creation of the Right to Food Coalition Kenya, which she coordinated for several years.

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A person in a blue sleeve harvests ripe coffee cherries from a vibrant coffee plant.

Why Food is about Power, not Just Supply Chains

A Contribution by Mary Karanu

Food systems are often reduced to production and trade. Mary Karanu of Welthungerhilfe in Kenya shows that they also reflect social and political orders, shaping power relations, the recognition of labor, and structural vulnerability across smallholder contexts in Africa and global supply chains.

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