According to Food Agriculture Organization
World Food Summit in 1996, Food security exists when
all people at all times, have physical and economic access
to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary
needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
Food production is basic to the survival of any nation, be
it at individual, family or national level. This therefore
means that food production should have top priority since
no meaningful development in economic, social or cultural sphere is possible without it. However, in Kenya,
with a population of more than 47 million people, there
have been several challenges facing agricultural sectors
leading to low production thus food insecurity in most
parts of the country. Kenya is the largest import market
for food and agriculture products in East Africa. Kenya
imported about 725 million in agriculture products during 2019, up from 525 million in 2017 in an attempt to mitigate the crisis. This implies that the Government of
Kenya should come up with policies that ensure people
have access to farm inputs, extension services on neglected
crops, education on climate change etc to ensure enough
food production in Kenya.
Keywords :
Smallholder farmers, Peanuts, Food Security, Policy Framework, Economic Development, Agricultural Sector, Kenya