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Explain five measures that can be taken to curb food insecurity in Kenya

Explain five measures that can be taken to curb food insecurity in Kenya.

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Abdullahi
1. Agricultural education;

Can be done through agricultural extension workers through the ministry of agriculture where farmers are educated and trained on appropriate methods of farming, crop rotation, adoption of new technology in farming among others.

2. Adopting green-house technology;


This technology has not fully been adopted in Kenya. It involves modifying temperature and environment for favorable crop production.
It reduces maturity time for crop and make crop that cannot grow on certain area because of environmental conditions be grown now using the green house technology.

3. Application of Irrigation systems;

Majority of the farmers in Kenya heavily depend on rain for farming and this leads to seasonal food crisis due to unpredictable rainfall. Thus, farmers should practice irrigation system in order for them to farm continuously.
Irrigation can improve food security in Arid and Semi-arid areas. This can be done effectively through the construction of dams which will then supply water for irrigation.

4. Kitchen gardening;

This involves subsistence farming of crops with small maturity period such as the vegetables.
As simple as people see it, kitchen gardening can play a major role by producing food which can sustain people at household level. Usage of sacks with soils if the land is minimal can be used to grow vegetables and other crops with short maturity level.
If all families in Kenya adopt kitchen gardening food insecurity problem would be erased completely.

5. Utilization of available lands;

Some lands in Kenya are just idle, government should ensure and put into law that all lands should be fully utilized this will help improve food security in Kenya. The government should enforce laws governing on usage of land such as land tenure systems. The government should also encourage people to farm and make sure that lands must not be left unattended.

6. Mechanization;

Refers to replacing human labour and animal labour with machines for farming. Machines are known to be effective and efficient when it comes to performing tasks as compared to human labour. Therefore, the government should support farmers with such equipment in order to increase the rate of food supply.
Dullayo answered the question on August 9, 2018 at 13:10

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