Forum seeks new strategies to boost food systems

Jim Woodhill (left), Wangeci Gitata-Kiriga and Mary Mwale review data during the Foresight for Food System Transformation workshop in Nairobi. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

Kenya heavily relies on smallholder farmers, who contribute 70 per cent of the country's food supply. However, crop yields have consistently fallen below population requirements, resulting in an annual deficit ranging from 20 to 40 per cent.

This has seen Kenya increasingly depending on imports to meet its food needs. At the Foresight for Food System Transformation (FoSTr) workshop in Nairobi this week, stakeholders from across the food system, discussed pressing issues affecting food security.