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19 October 2021
When Kenya suffered an unprecedented wave of desert locusts in early 2020, it spelled disaster for thousands of farmers and rural communities. The arid and semi-arid lands of the country, where the most vulnerable smallholders and agropastoralists dwell, were a prime feeding ground for the pest. Like a living carpet,...
16 October 2021
This year’s World Food Day is being observed in Kenya with calls to transform agri-food systems to be more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable to ensure that everyone, everywhere has access to enough affordable, safe and nutritious food to lead active and healthy lives. It is an apt time for...
03 September 2021
FAO Kenya working in collaboration with Kisumu County government supported 40 poultry farmers with improved day old kienyeji chicks. The farmers selected from Nyando and Kisumu west sub counties were each given 100 day-old chicks. The goal is to support households affected negatively by the COVID19 pandemic to improve their...
18 August 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Devolution and the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) held a resource mobilization meeting to mitigate effects of drought in 23 ASAL counties.  Kenya has faced a myriad of challenges in the recent past including two desert locust...
15 July 2021
Nairobi - Kenya: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Devolution and the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) today signed the Anticipatory Action and Response Plan for Pastoral and Agropastoral Communities in ASAL Counties of Samburu, Isiolo, Turkana, Garissa, Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir and...