Crop failures deepen food insecurity fears

Concerns over food insecurity are growing as more of the country's major grain-producing regions report widespread crop failures. Baringo County, home to one of Kenya's largest irrigation schemes, has recorded nearly 75 per cent crop failure, just weeks after Trans Nzoia, the country's breadbasket, also reported poor harvests. The situation in Baringo has been worsened by rising lake water levels and persistent insecurity. Months of failed rains have scorched thousands of acres of maize in key food-producing areas, including Mochongoi and Marigat. Farmers who borrowed heavily to plant this season are now counting losses instead of harvests. Brenda Wanga reports.