PREVENTIVE MEASURES FOR FOOD SHORTAGE

It happened that the re was food scarcity in Matende location in 2007. This led to uncontrolled rate of death. Animals died while some remained borney. We started eating wild fruits and roots. Suddenly an organization known as (KARI) Kenya Agricultural Research Institute intervened and advice the residents to plant trees to attract rain, use food successively and rare poultry. It also facilitated food and water programmesThe poultry breeded and we lived happily. That was the solution to the problem.

Location: MATENDE, kakamega, KENYA