Kenyan farmers don't lack land or rain, make machinery affordable

Kambiti East mango farmers chairman Mr Patrick Sila demonstrating to his colleagues on procedures of drying mangos in Murang'a. Drying helps to cut post harvest losses. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Many nations search far and wide for food security, yet part of Kenya's solution has been quietly sitting in our fields for years. An old Indian proverb captures this truth well: 'Bagal mein chhora, shehar mein dindora'.

The child is under your arm, yet you are beating drums across town searching for him. I learned this sobering proverb more than two decades ago because it reminds us that solutions are often closer than we think.