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New PhD scholarship on food security, nutrition

An elderly woman in East Pokot feeds on the little relief food she got as famine ravaged through the county. [Photo: File, Standard]

A new PhD programme aimed at addressing food insecurity and boosting a pool of academics in Kenyan universities will be launched in seven public universities.

However, Kenyan students will have to compete with their East African comrades for the lucrative multi-billion shilling African Sciences Research Consortium (ANSRC) scholarship programme targeting basic sciences research on nutrition and agriculture.

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