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allAfrica, 23 February 2022
The prolonged drought impacting the north, which has left more than 2.5 million people on the brink of starvation and poverty, is only the latest in an increasingly short cycle… Read more »
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Kenya: 3.1 Million Kenyans in Need of Relief Food Up From 2.8 Million in December
Capital FM, 22 February 2022
About 3.1 million people in the country require immediate food assistance, a report by the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) has revealed. Read more »
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Kenya: President Kenyatta Flags Off Emergency Relief Supplies to Drought-Hit Counties
Capital FM, 21 February 2022
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday at State House, Nairobi, flagged off a consignment of emergency relief supplies to 23 arid and semi-arid counties affected by drought. Read more »
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Kenya: Global Index Classifies Hunger Situation in the Country as Serious
Capital FM, 27 January 2022
About three million people are facing hunger in Kenya, according to the 2021 Global Hunger Index, a peer-reviewed annual report, jointly published by Concern Worldwide and… Read more »
Why Kenya Needs More Agri-Innovation #AfricaClimateCrisis
The prolonged drought impacting the north, which has left more than 2.5 million people on the brink of starvation and poverty, is only the latest in an increasingly short cycle that is leaving pastoralists and farmers with less and less time to recover, writes Sara Mbago-Bhunu.
This has prompted the Kenyan government to send emergency aid to 23 arid and semi-arid countries to assist some 2.3 million Kenyans. President Kenyatta has also said that there would be greater investment in community-based resilience and drought preparedness programmes, according to Capital FM.
However, promising innovations are helping farmers in different regions and facing different conditions to reduce their reliance on unpredictable rains and are slowly but surely helping them to become more productive and resilient - despite the rising challenges of climate change.
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A few years ago, traditional vegetables and local foods in Kenya were largely perceived as foods of the poor and of the past. Local markets were dominated by three exotic veg Read more »
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Kenyans have decried the rising cost of living on account of the rising prices of key household commodities, an issue that has been a talk on social media platforms. Read more »
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Nomadic herders are among those suffering the most from recurring drought that kills the livestock on which they depend. To make them less dependent on rain, aid programs are Read more »
Benedict Manyi nurses his kale crops, using harvested water pulled from his farm pond with a solar pump, in Makueni County, Kenya, August 3, 2021.
