FOOD SHORTAGE AND HIGH PRICE IN FOOD COME NEXT YEAR.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned of food shortage and high food prices in the country come next year.  FAO has cited failed rainfall, high prices of farm inputs, uncertified seeds and the lethal maize disease as some of the main challenges facing the agriculture sector. This came as the government, FAO and other development partners embarked on an assessment of the food security situation in high and medium potential areas of the country. FAO Geographical Information Systems (GIS) officer, Joseph Matere, said that 24 counties would be covered in the assessment which would target crops, fisheries and livestock sector and the smart phone technology would be used to collect and relay data from the field.