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Kenya seeks to address food challenges through transformative strategies

Food safety

Dr Jim Woodhill, Lead, Foresight4Food, Wangeci Gitata-Kiriga, the FoSTr country facilitator in Kenya and Dr Mary Mwale, Food Security Specialty from the Ministry of Agriculture, review some of the data during the 2-day workshop in Nairobi.

Photo credit: Kevin Cheruiyot | Nation Media Group

The Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to address future food system challenges through transformative strategies as crop yields continue to decline in the face of a growing population.

According to the ministry, Kenya relies heavily on smallholder farmers, who contribute 70 per cent of the food supply.