Counties must champion robust agriculture programmes to combat food insecurity

A spinach farm in Yimbo, Bondo sub-county. [Isaiah Gwengi, Standard]

Agriculture remains the backbone of our economy and is essential to food security in Kenya, where millions of families are currently in dire need of relief food as a result of famine.

Food insecurity casts a long shadow over a nation’s progress, especially in a developing country like Kenya, where it directly affects the energy and productivity of its people.