The government and her partners are concerned with the rising malnutrition levels in the country with 2.7 million Kenyans already in dire need of food.
Environment Cabinet Secretary, Prof. Judi Wakhungu (pictured) warned that stunting rates in the country are so worrying that they could have grave impacts on future generations and lead to loss of educational opportunities for young people.
“As we expect to experience more intense weather extremes like drought in future, it is vital that we build resilience within our communities, and within our ecosystems and environment, to be able to cope with challenges in future,” said the CS.
And subsequently the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) announced a new approach to predict and track malnutrition in Africa — driven by the same advanced technology now powering everything from Internet search-engines to consumer fraud protection — could help trigger a shift from crisis response to early action against hunger, according to scientists.
The Nutrition Early Warning System (NEWS) would use cutting-edge big data approaches to process large volumes of information from multiple sources to detect early signs of food shortages and raise the alarm about impending crises.
It is predicted to help governments and communities to clampdown on hunger crisis in the region through cutting-edge technology outlined to stop malnutrition before it strikes.
