Situation de crise

Kenya appeals for UN food aid

Kenya is seeking more than a billion dollars in emergency funding from the United Nations, to counter a food crisis that has helped drive inflation to over 30 percent.

The money would be used to buy free fertilisers for farmers, and provide credit and other assistance to the fishing and livestock sectors.

Kenyan ministers will establish an Agricultural Development Fund which will receive an annual set share of the national budget in a bid to cushion the country's 35 million people from future shortages.

The food shortage has been worsened by months of post-election violence that killed 1,500 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more.


Kenya is seeking more than a billion dollars in emergency funding from the United Nations, to counter a food crisis that has helped drive inflation to over 30 percent.

The money would be used to buy free fertilisers for farmers, and provide credit and other assistance to the fishing and livestock sectors.

Kenyan ministers will establish an Agricultural Development Fund which will receive an annual set share of the national budget in a bid to cushion the country's 35 million people from future shortages.

The food shortage has been worsened by months of post-election violence that killed 1,500 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more.






Kenya is in urgent need of 1.1 billion dollars in emergency funding to tackle a food crisis that has driven inflation to over 30 percent.

The funds will be used to support the agricultural sector by buying farmers free fertilizers, creating credit lines and assisting the fish and livestock sectors.

Kenyan ministers are to establish an Agricultural Development Fund which will receive an annual set share of the national budget in a bid to cushion the country's 35 million people from future shortages.

Millions in Kenya are now in the midst of a food shortage worsened by months of post-election violence that killed 1,500 people, displaced hundreds of thousands and crippled the mainstay tourism and agricultural sectors.

If some serious steps are not taken to combat the current food crisis, it is likely to worsen as the Kenyan population continues to grow.

Three UN agencies have recently pledged 7.6 billion shillings to Kenya to help farmers and boost the school feeding program.

Steep global food and fuel prices have worsened overall inflation in the east African nation, pushing it to 31.5 percent in May, the highest since the mid-1990s when the economy nearly collapsed.

According to the World Food Program, the 50 percent rise in food prices in Kenya since the start of 2008 has led many people to drastically reduce their daily diets, eating only one meal a day, cutting down on protein-rich food and opting for cheaper vegetables such as kale.