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Food wastage, lack of proper storage hamper war on hunger

Kenya ranks 87 out of 117 countries on the 2021 Global Hunger Index. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

While Kenya perennially decries its inadequacy in the battle against drought, which hits every couple of years, food wastage is one of the biggest self-inflicted problems the country grapples with.

The storage facilities are overflowing during harvest season, but wastage due to lack of value addition and storage for the off-season leads to dependence on foreign aid.

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