Think Eat Save…but do we have enough to eat leave alone to save?
By: Kennedy Wahome On June 5 th 2013, the world joined hands in marking the 41 st World Environmental Day under the Theme Think Eat Save. The message being put across was that we should think before we eat in order to save the environment through reduced food wastage, which FAO estimates at 1.3 billion tonnes of food globally per year. UNEP [1] estimates that global food production occupies 25% of all habitable land and is responsible for 70% of fresh water consumption, 80% of deforestation, and 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. But, in Kenya and the larger Sub Saharan Africa, the food is not enough to eat leave alone to save, with an estimated 20,000 children dying annually from food related complications. So what ails this region in matters food security? One of the main challenges towards realizing food security is poor food accessibility and distribution. Despite the fact that Sub Sahara produces adequate food to sustain its population, the distribution channels ar