From Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development-Kenya
Kenya recently held the first-ever Food Systems Conference that was aimed at giving recommendations and actions to support the implementation of the Bottom-Up Economic Plan.
In his opening remarks that were delivered by PS State Department for Crops Development Kello Harsama, Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi said that the conference was expected to provide policy and decision-makers with state-of-the-art, evidence-based recommendations developed by Kenyan researchers in collaboration with their international counterparts.
In addition, it was expected to identify current and future research demands and explore how research can effectively provide timely information to policy and decision-makers.