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Kenya hosts Science week to address effects of climate change on agriculture

Some of the delegates attending the inaugural Consortium of International Agriculture Research Centres (CGIAR) Science Week, at the United Nations Office, Nairobi [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

The effects of climate change and extreme weather conditions are increasingly threatening agriculture, which is the backbone of Kenya's economy.

As a result, millions of Kenyans are grappling with food insecurity and malnutrition, deepening poverty, health issues and widening social inequality.

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