REGULATORY TRENDS IN FOOD SECURITY AND FOOD SAFETY:- EXAMINING POTENTIAL AREAS FOR COUNTY POLICY AND LEGISLATION
BY PETER WANYAMA, LEGAL COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST
Kenya lost Kshs. 2.1 Billion to maize disease last year “About 26,000 hectares of maize was affected by lethal necrosis disease last year. The Director of Crop Protection at the Ministry of Agriculture has said.”
The Star Newspaper, Tuesday July 2 2013 at page 3
Introduction
Food security has traditionally been understood to mean the availability of adequate food stocks in times of need. According to the World Food Summit Plan of Action of 1996, “Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.”
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