Kenya is set to face an increased risk of food insecurity in 2025, a new study has revealed. The Hunger Hotspots: Food Agriculture Organization (FAO)/World Food Programme (WFP) Early Warnings on Food Insecurity report has indicated that Kenya is set to be a hunger hotspot in 2025 as it faces an increased risk of enduring famine from October 2024 to March 2025. The report disclosed that 22 countries in total are at risk for increased food insecurity levels in the coming year (2025). The UN has highlighted five countries that are at the highest risk of facing acute levels of food insecurity and has called for immediate humanitarian action. “Catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity bordering on starvation are expected to impact hundreds of thousands of people in coming months, driven principally by conflict.

Source: Daily Nation November 06, 2024 13:17 UTC