Food and Nutrition Scenario of Kenya

Dr Haradhan Mohajan ()

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Abstract: Republic of Kenya is the fourth largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. More than 60% people of Kenya live below the poverty line. Rapid increases in inflation could reduce economic growth and worsen the poverty levels of the citizens of Kenya. The agricultural sector is still the backbone of Kenya’s economy and economic development is dependent on agricultural improvement. Main staple food of Kenya is maize, which accounted about 65% of total staple food caloric intake and 36% of total food caloric intake. Kenya is the largest food and agricultural products importer in the eastern Africa. At present the Government of the country is trying to reduce poverty. The country is developing in food security and nutrition since the last decade. To make the country in a medium develop Government should stress on food security, poverty reduction, transformation of agriculture from survival to commercial farming and agribusiness, markets, efficient use of agricultural products. The objective of this paper is to increase food production of Kenya to reduce food insecurity and malnutrition. An attempt has been taken here to discuss the food and nutrition situation of Kenya to build a healthy nation.

Keywords: Agriculture; Food aid; Food security; Inflation; Nutrition. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-05-04, Revised 2014-05-23
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Published in American Journal of Food and Nutrition 2.2(0025): pp. 28-38

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