Nairobi Ideas

How To: Fixing chronic food insecurity in Kenya’s ‘Bread Basket’

September 22, 2022 The Mawazo Institute Season 5 Episode 2
Nairobi Ideas
How To: Fixing chronic food insecurity in Kenya’s ‘Bread Basket’
Show Notes

Dr. Jacqueline Kariithi is a trailblazing environmental scientist working in the Mt. Elgon region of Kenya, which makes up part of the country’s bread basket. Although the region supplies a large share of the nation's maize crop, which is critical to national food security, many people who live in the area remain food insecure. Through El- Koony center, where Dr. Kariithi is CEO, she is using scientific methods to explore techniques that can help improve food security and resilience to climate change for the Mt. Elgon ecosystem. 

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