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Measures which can be taken to avoid famine in Kenya
Date Posted:
1/7/2013 1:17:19 AM
Posted By: fancy03 Membership Level: Gold Total Points: 1287
cassava,potatoes and rice and invest more in their production.This means that even if one crop fails,we will still have food.
The agricultural sector should be streamlined so that farmers always have markets for their food products.Some farmers have abandoned their trade because of the uncertain food prices and sometimes losses.The government could offer to buy this food from them and store it for future purposes.The young jobless young men will thus be encouraged to engage in food production activities which will kill two birds by also providing them with the much needed employment.
It would not be enough if we only produced the food.A couple of years back,there were images of people throwing away milk because the local KCC could not buy all of it.This is sad considering some people will be in dire need of that food in a few months" time.The government needs to invest in proper processing and modern storage facilities so that when we have food in plenty we can store it for future use.Milk could be turned into powder that could be stored for maybe up to to two years.
Mostly when there is a famine,we only get to hear of it when it has reached to its worst.We should put in place proper mechanisms to be able to predict when a famine is in the offing given the current statistics and trends.This will help the country to ready its emergency mechanisms for response to a famine.Food will be availed in time to prevent any more deaths.
Theses are just a few of the steps that could be taken to ensure that we do not find ourselves in
the embarrassing situation of a nation unable to feed itself.
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