Food Insecurity In Kenya

In the world, food insecurity remains an enormous challenge. Food insecurity is still a great concern for many households in Kenya. This situation is connected to high level of poverty that exists in the country, particularly in rural areas. Each year , between one to four million people receive relief food from both the national and donor agencies such as the world food program. Unfortunately policy responses have almost always inclined towards responding to emergencies of food shortages rather than on putting in place systems responsible for feeding Kenya in 2015 and beyond. This paper highlights key paradigm shift approaches to achieving food security in Kenya. The expected quick win outputs with regard to commitment to feed Kenya and methodologies on how to increase food security in Kenya have been discussed. Kenya’s new constitution has devolved many responsibilities to the community level and therefore Kenya is poised to succeed in a ground up approach to boost food productivity. This is key to addressing food insecurity …show more content…
The case studies of the state of food insecurity in the world (2014) report shows that those regions such as Africa and the Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as individual countries have strengthened their political commitment to food security and nutrition. Reforestation of mangroves in xai –xai District of Mozambique restored the ecosystem and in turn increased fishery productivity and fields. Also the adoption of Zaipit technique (placing a mixture of soil and manure in small pits in (adequate lands) in Sahel led to increased soil fertility, soil fertility, decreased soil erosion and increased crop yields .Incidentally, Maize production increased from 2.4 to 3.2 million (90kg) bags between 2002 and 2010 in