Maize is the single most extensively grown crop across Kenya that many depend on for income generation, however, a new report has warned that Kenya’s overreliance on maize at the expense of other crops threatens to increase the rate of undernourishment in the country.
Primarily, residents in Trans Nzoia, Nakuru, Bungoma, Uasin Gishu, and a few other counties carry out maize farming on a large scale, which means that they rely the most on the crop.
According to the study dubbed “Access to Seeds Index 2019,” maize dominates breeding, raising concerns over crop diversity and adaptability within East Africa’s seed system.
