Why Eastern Africa has to speed up pursuit of food and nutrition security

Kenya was the toughest hit with the locust invasion in 2020 in contrast together with her East African counterparts. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By Edson Mpyisi
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Abstract

• FAOs 2021 State of Meals Safety and Vitamin (SOFI) report signifies that world starvation elevated in 2020 with COVID-19 enjoying a major function.  
• The report states that starvation impacts 21 p.c of the inhabitants in Africa.
• In Jap Africa particularly, undernutrition is reported to be 28.1 p.c, which locations it second from the underside in African areas after central Africa at 31.8 p.c.

As the worldwide neighborhood marks this yr’s World Meals Day 2021 (October 16^th) , the place does Jap Africa stand in respect of meals and diet safety that could be a declared goal of Kenya included. The goal remains to be a good distance off.