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

Kenya was the hardest hit with the locust invasion in 2020 compared with her East African counterparts. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  Edson Mpyisi

Chief financial economist and coordinator

ENABLE Youth programme - African Development Bank

As the global community marks this year’s World Food Day 2021 (October 16th) , where does Eastern Africa stand in respect of food and nutrition security that is a declared target of Kenya included. The target is still a long way off.

FAOs 2021 State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report indicates that world hunger increased in 2020 with COVID-19 playing a significant role.  

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