'The World Is Awash With Wheat'
How many times have you read that recently? Yet drought and soaring food prices mean that 3.8 million Kenyans urgently require food aid, according to the United Nation's World Food Programme.
Production of corn in Africa's largest economy is expected to fall to around 15 million 90kg bags this year, compared to 30-35 million bags normally, on a combination of drought, expensive fertiliser and civil unrest following last year's election which saw many farmers driven from their land.
"Red lights are flashing across the country. People are already going hungry, malnutrition is preying on more and more young children, cattle are dying - we face a huge challenge and are urging the international community to provide us with the resources we need to get the job done," the WFP said.
Production of corn in Africa's largest economy is expected to fall to around 15 million 90kg bags this year, compared to 30-35 million bags normally, on a combination of drought, expensive fertiliser and civil unrest following last year's election which saw many farmers driven from their land.
"Red lights are flashing across the country. People are already going hungry, malnutrition is preying on more and more young children, cattle are dying - we face a huge challenge and are urging the international community to provide us with the resources we need to get the job done," the WFP said.