Venturing into vegetable farming, however, brought her face to face with Kenya’s frustrating food system. Food system refers to the process food products go through from the farm to the plate. A thriving food system ensures food securityMutua points out that what ails Kenya’s food system is the high cost of production, logistics (including transport) and availability of markets. In addition, Kenya’s food system fails to balance the demand and supply of products. Government subsidies on farmers will help lower the cost of production and ensure constant availability and better market prices, she says.

Source: The Star October 11, 2020 00:56 UTC