Kenya 'off-track on hunger goals'

IGAD's policy and food security expert, Dr Sylvia Henga addresses the media on the sidelines of the 5th Biennial Review validation conference at a Machakos hotel. [Erastus Mulwa/Standard]

Kenya still faces a potential threat of hunger despite the government’s heavy investment in fertiliser and other agricultural inputs.

According to agriculture and food security policy experts, the country has failed to meet several targets adopted by the African Union to accelerate agricultural growth and transformation towards achieving food security.