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Kenya: Ministry's War Against Locusts Gets Major Boost
Nation, 5 September 2020
The government's fight against desert locusts got a boost this week after the Ministry of Agriculture received thousands of litres of a pesticide used in combating the pest. Read more »
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Kenya: Hunger Threatens Families As Climate Change Persists
Nation, 15 May 2019
There is barely a corner of human life that will not be affected by climate change, and some of its impacts are already being felt. Consider this, 821 million people are now hungry… Read more »
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Kenya: Millions of Kenyans Go Hungry Every Day. Why, and What Can Be Done
The Conversation Africa, 23 March 2020
The recently released 2019 Global Hunger Index shows that millions of Kenyans are going hungry and that the country suffers from serious levels of hunger. Eunice Njogu shares her… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Listed Among Food Insecure Countries in Global Hunger Report
Capital FM, 12 March 2020
Kenya is among food insecure countries listed in a newly released Global Hunger Index report (GHI), 2019. Read more »
Millions of Kenyans in Need of Food as Locusts Ravage Farmlands
The number of acutely food-insecure people in need of emergency food assistance has also increased throughout 2019 from an estimated 1.1 million in February to 1.6 million in May and 2.6 million by July, according to a study titled "The Potential of Agroecology to Build Climate-resilient Livelihoods and Food Systems". This happens at a time when the region is battling to eliminate locusts which have wreaked havoc for over eight months. The pests devour grasslands and pose a huge threat to livestock and food security.
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Control operations have been intensified in Samburu and Turkana counties as the government seeks to eliminate the destructive pests, which are heavily feeding on vegetation and ... Read more »
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At least 3.6 million people are at risk of hunger at a time the country is fighting the Covid-19 pandemic while Kenya Airways pilots are seeking the intervention of President Uhuru ... Read more »
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation says Kenya is just three weeks away from eliminating the desert locust menace. Eight months after the locust invasion, FAO has said only ... Read more »
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14.5 million Kenyans are food insecure every year according to the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research Analysis. Although Kenya has made some progress with food security, it ... Read more »
A farmer inspects his tomatoes in his greenhouse on his farm in Mathakwa-ini in Tetu (file photo).
