State doles out $6.8 million to 132,780 families in arid amid semi-arid regions of Kenya facing food shortages
By strengthening household purchasing power, the cash transfers are expected to mitigate negative coping strategies, stabilise food consumption and protect basic livelihoods during the current drought.
Genetically modified, disease-resistant cassava now available to Kenyan farmers after ‘national performance trials’
The NBA’s mandate now extends to biosecurity, which is considered a matter of national security. A review of the National Security Biosafety Act is underway to cover emerging technologies such as genome editing, synthetic biology and gene-drive technologies, which may pose security risks.
