Genetically modified maize will be delivered to Kenya for the first time, as the country battles food shortage amid its worst drought in decades.
10 million bags of maize will be imported to Kenya over the next six months. Pictured: Villager Caroline is seen in a withered maize crops field amid a historically devastating drought in Kidemu sub-location in Kilifi County, Kenya, March 23, 2022."In view of the food situation in the country, I shall be signing instruments to allow duty free imports of GMO and non GMO Maize for the next 6 months," secretary Moses Kuria said on Twitter.
Annual rains have failed across Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia for the last four seasons, forcing 1.5 million people out of their homes in search of water and food elsewhere. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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