First of all, farmers should work with universities and research institutions in the country, and hopefully with the government.
Wangari MaathaiWhat I am trying to say is that they need to learn to rely on themselves and to learn from other people, and when you learn something from other people, then you keep moving onward for yourself.
Wangari MaathaiWeโre constantly being bombarded by problems that we face and sometimes we can get completely overwhelmed. [But] we should always feel like a hummingbird. I may feel insignificant, but I donโt want to be like the other animals watching the planet go down the drain. Iโll be a hummingbird, Iโll do the best I can.
Wangari MaathaiNow when Nile perch was introduced [into Lake Victoria], I don't think enough research was done; maybe it was done, maybe it was not. But Nile perch is a huge fish. So it ate all the little fish, and it grew into a monster which the local people could not fish with their little boats and their little nets.
Wangari Maathai