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Locusts, Covid-19, bad weather: The anatomy of a food crisis

A resident of Nyando, Kisumu County, western Kenya carries her goats to safety when the area was flooded in April. PHOTO | ONDARI OGEGA

By  Pauline Kairu

Contributor based in Nairobi, Kenya

Nation Media Group

A spectre of food crisis is haunting East Africa, preceded by an unfortunate axis of locust invasion, Covid-19 pandemic and adverse weather.

And now both the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) are forecasting a grim future.

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