WHY MAIZE FARMERS IN UASIN GISHU COUNTY FACE NIGHTMARES.
Uasin Gishu experiences an amount enough of rainfall averaging above 1000 mm which makes her ideal for agricultural production. Maize is the staple food crop in Kenya and so its such an important economic activity. Large scale production of maize has seen her and Trans-Nzoia County be branded as the source of food in the country. However, Kenya is occasionally faced with epidemic hunger and in other cases endemic hunger. In her history, its only recently that the County was faced with transitory food insecurity due to the severe climatic change experienced almost globally in the first quarter of 2019 due to global warming. The County through the department of agriculture has put emphasis to ensure there is food security. These efforts have sometimes been halted by some actions taken by the national government in relation with other states. The national government has had bilateral and multilateral trade relations with other states which have had undesirable impacts to the local...