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Donate excess food to poor people instead of letting it go to waste

According to experts, at weddings and other functions, food is cooked 20 to 25 per cent more than the estimated requirement.

By Surjit Singh Flora 4 days ago

Donate excess food to poor people instead of letting it go to waste

Tuesday vote is a golden chance to midwife a food secure Kenya

Tuesday vote is a golden chance to midwife a food secure Kenya

By Isaac Kalua Green 9 days ago

Wavinya Ndeti's plan to make Machakos food secure

Wavinya Ndeti's plan to make Machakos food secure

By Erastus Mulwa 11 days ago

Going back to indigenous foods will improve diet, food security

Going back to indigenous foods will improve diet, food security

By Dominic Kimani 13 days ago

First ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa

A statement from the United Nations said the Razoni was carrying over 26,000 tons of corn.

By AP 15 days ago

First ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa

Hunger in the north should be national shame

Only the weakest states lack the levels of policy sovereignty and state capacity needed to implement a robust social protection program to avoid famines.

By Ken Opalo 18 days ago

Hunger in the north should be national shame

Potato farmers to get quality seeds, increase profits

The partnership focuses on strengthening the potato value chain in Kenya. Will provide stable and strong economic returns for the country’s potato farmers.

By Dr Paul Kang’ethe 30 days ago

Potato farmers to get quality seeds, increase profits

Nations urged to act as 2.3b hit by hunger

In Kenya last year, 3.1m were food-insecure in pastoral and marginal agricultural areas

By Robert Amalemba Waswani 1 month ago

Nations urged to act as 2.3b hit by hunger

Show more seriousness to end food shortages

Climate change is making rain-fed agriculture difficult. That should be reason enough for the government to roll up its sleeves.

By Editorial 1 month ago

Show more seriousness to end food shortages

More than half of northern Kenya residents 'food poor', shows report

Turkana, Mandera, Samburu, Busia and West Pokot counties were ranked top five in the food poverty headcount.

By Frankline Sunday 1 month ago

More than half of northern Kenya residents 'food poor', shows report

Four million starving Kenyans in urgent need, food report shows

It is estimated that 942,000 children aged below five years are acutely malnourished in 12 arid and semi-arid counties.

By Patrick Kibet 2 months ago

Four million starving Kenyans in urgent need, food report shows

Delivering safe food for better health starts from the farm to the plate

Food safety starts on the farm and ends with the consumer.

By Boaz Waswa 2 months ago

Delivering safe food for better health starts from the farm to the plate

Desperate farmers use detergents and pepper to fight army worms

Maize farmers in parts of the North Rift are staring at huge losses as destructive fall armyworms invade their farms. The pests are destroying maize plantations.

By Lynn Kolongei 2 months ago

Desperate farmers use detergents and pepper to fight army worms

Counties hold the key to elusive food security

In 2020, we faced yet another maize deficit and imported approximately 277,350 tones (3.1 million 90kg bags), mostly from Uganda and Tanzania.

By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago

Counties hold the key to elusive food security

Urgent response required to address malnutrition cases

County governments should be working with the Ministry of Health and partners to strengthen the medical component of nutrition management activities in these affected areas.

By Wathiha John 2 months ago

Urgent response required to address malnutrition cases

Conflicts have serious effects on food security

For the nearly one hour taken to write this article, 75 humans may have lost their lives to severe hunger somewhere in East Africa, particularly in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.

By Lynet Otieno 2 months ago

Conflicts have serious effects on food security

Kenya to import 540,000 tonnes of maize to avert looming shortage

Kenya opens a three-month window allowing licensed millers to import 540,000 tonnes of white maize to avert shortage; Treasury CS Yatani waives import duty.

By Patrick Alushula 2 months ago

Kenya to import 540,000 tonnes of maize to avert looming shortage

Kenya needs a new framework for financing climate adaptation

Urgent action is needed to build the resilience and adaptive capacities of sectors and communities.

By Dr Olufunso Somorin 4 months ago

Kenya needs a new framework for financing climate adaptation

Farmers test insurance to ward off climate-driven hunger

Climate adaptation projects range from growing different crops, planting drought-tolerant varieties to phone-based weather alerts.

By Reuters 4 months ago

Farmers test insurance to ward off climate-driven hunger

Food security fears as farmers struggle with high cost of inputs

They expect quick interventions by the State and players in the agricultural sector to minimise the suffering.

By Nikko Tanui 4 months ago

Food security fears as farmers struggle with high cost of inputs

AU launches four-year plan to control, eradicate livestock diseases

Plan is a fresh push to eliminate livestock diseases in Africa which has not only threatened food security but also hurt the livelihoods of farmers.

By Mwangi Maina 4 months ago

AU launches four-year plan to control, eradicate livestock diseases

Collaboration key to enhancing food security across East Africa

According to FAO, 250 million people in Africa are undernourished, with the demand for quality protein sources increasing in East Africa alone.

By Pieter Bastiaanssen 5 months ago

Collaboration key to enhancing food security across East Africa

Thwake Dam will bolster food security and industries

On the last day of December 2021, engineers constructing the Thwake multipurpose dam successfully managed to divert the course of Athi River waters...

By Adhere Cavince 6 months ago

Thwake Dam will bolster food security and industries

Three counties stare at starvation as rains fail, crops dry

Residents of the lower Eastern region are staring at drought and food insecurity following failed rains that caused poor harvest in the last season.

By Erastus Mulwa 6 months ago

Three counties stare at starvation as rains fail, crops dry

How farmers can beat shocks of climate change, gain food security

Food insecurity attributed to unreliable weather patterns occasioned by climate change. Farmers urged to embrace technology, resilient varieties.

By Jennifer Anyango 6 months ago

How farmers can beat shocks of climate change, gain food security

Firm donates food to pupils in drought-hit Marsabit

According to a study conducted in Kenya in 2020, almost 1.13 million children aged 6 to 13 are out of school due to drought.

By Esther Dianah 7 months ago

Firm donates food to pupils in drought-hit Marsabit

Plastic waste is poisoning food and communities across Africa

Lack of clear regulation has led to a toxic circular economy which has continued to cause havoc on the health of many people.

By Patricia Kombo 7 months ago

Plastic waste is poisoning food and communities across Africa

For some Kilifi residents 2021 is the year they wish to forget

Although the National and county governments have allocated funds to fight hunger, the situation is still dire.

By Marion Kithi 7 months ago

For some Kilifi residents 2021 is the year they wish to forget

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