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Kenya needs robust push of agricultural insurance to fight hunger

Agriculture has been and still is the backbone of every economy and deserves all the joint efforts from the relevant stakeholders to ensure that food security is sustained.

This comes after the threats posed to our farmers ranging from unpredictable weather patterns, locust invasion, skyrocketing demand, to price violation. Such threats have presented opportunities and losses in equal measures. Farmers have had huge losses whenever calamity comes up.

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