{"id":9679,"date":"2020-06-16T13:49:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T13:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=9679"},"modified":"2020-06-16T13:49:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T13:49:19","slug":"state-concern-for-food-security-queried-amid-deep-budget-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/state-concern-for-food-security-queried-amid-deep-budget-cuts","title":{"rendered":"State concern for food security queried amid deep budget cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Amid locusts infestations and floods, the government has made budget cuts on agriculture, exposing millions to starvation.<\/p>\n<p>This comes while the sector is reeling from losses caused by the global outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.According to the budget estimates for the 2020-21 financial year, the agricultural sector has been allocated Sh48.7 billion.\u00a0In the 2019-20 financial year, Treasury allocated Sh59.6 billion to the sector, 18 per cent higher than the allocation made in this year\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n<p>Of the Sh48.7 billion, Sh41 billion will go to the State Department for Crop Development and Agricultural Research and another Sh6.9 billion to the State Department for Fisheries Aquaculture and the Blue Economy.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani also said the government has increased allocations to cushion small-scale farmers and horticulture exporters from climate shocks and the effects of the global coronavirus pandemic.\u00a0\u201cI have set aside Sh3 billion to subsidise the supply of farm inputs through the e-voucher system, which will reach 200,000 small-scale farmers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Measly allocation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have also allocated Sh3.4 billion for expanded community household irrigation, which will cushion farmers from the adverse effects of weather and further secure food supply chains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An additional Sh1.5 billion has been set aside for flower and horticultural farmers to access international markets.However, analysts say these allocations fall short of meeting the resources required to deliver food security targets nationwide, create jobs and save millions currently facing hunger.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by Route to Food, a non-governmental lobby that advocates for increased government funding to the sector, the allocation to agriculture consistently falls short of requirements.\u00a0\u201cBudgetary allocations to agriculture are low and continue to decline,\u201d said the lobby group in a report released yesterday.\u201cThe sector allocation is low against the required budget of Sh97.7 billion and therefore slashed by 46 per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, growth in budget allocations to the agricultural sector over the past five years has not kept pace with growth in allocations to other sectors, raising questions over the government\u2019s commitment to its own food security agenda.\u00a0\u201cWith this measly allocation, compounded by the economic shocks facing the country and the world this year, we can expect an exacerbation of food and nutrition insecurity,\u201d said the report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minimum needs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Famine Early Warning System Network (Fews NET), the effects of the spread of Covid-19 and heavy rains have pushed more households to food insecurity and eroded earnings for farmers and workers in the sector.\u00a0\u201dPoor urban households which depend on casual wage labour or work in the formal sector continue to face difficulty purchasing their minimum food needs due to the impact of Covid-19 movement restrictions on economic activity,\u201d said Fews NET in its report released last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some rural areas, recent floods, localised market closures, slowness in food supply chains resulting in high prices and the absence of school meals are negatively affecting household food access,\u201d said the agency in its report.\u00a0At the same time, data indicates that cumulative rainfall for March to May hit between 120 to 200 per cent, causing major flooding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocalised areas of Turkana, Wajir, Isiolo, Laikipia, Kwale, Kitui and Tana River have received 200-400 per cent of average rainfall,\u201d said the report in part.\u201cRecent heavy rains led to floods in 36 counties, where over 800,000 people were affected, including 237 fatalities and over 116,000 displaced.\u201d\u00a0The floods also led to loss of agricultural output and disrupted value chains with the worst affected areas being Tana River, Mandera, Marsabit and Turkana.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the threat from flooding, the sector has suffered the brunt of the global spread of the coronavirus pandemic with the depressed demand of Kenyan products in western markets.\u00a0A report by global consultancy McKinsey Group indicates how the informal nature of Kenya\u2019s local agricultural value chains have helped the market adapt to the disruption from coronavirus, keeping prices steady.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Kenya, of 45 major food markets surveyed at the end of April, 90 per cent were open (with the 10 per cent closed being relocated to open-air locations),\u201d states the consultancy in its report released last week.\u201cIn some cases, local traders have had to shift their models. For example, livestock trading in Uganda and Kenya has largely moved out of large markets and to on-far sales.\u201d\u00a0McKinsey, however, said lower-income households will be forced to cut on their budgets as a result of reduced income, deepening food insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that lower-income households often spend 60 to 80 per cent of their incomes on food, even a moderate reduction in income could lead to nutritional problems like skipping meals, reducing caloric intake or switching to less nutritious (but cheaper) foods,\u201d said the report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Severe blow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, producers and exporters of cash crops are also counting billions in losses owing to lockdowns and closures of coffee shops and restaurants in global markets.\u00a0\u201cAround 80 per cent of agricultural exports from Africa are to four regions: Western Europe, South and East Asia, the Middle East and North America,\u201d explains McKinsey in its report in part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on 2015-18 averages, those exports are valued at some $35 billion (Sh3.5 trillion) to USD$40 billion (Sh4 trillion) a year.\u201dThe report says this could result in a severe economic blow for countries such as Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda &#8211; all of which rely on these exports as their primary or secondary source of export earnings.\u00a0This threatens to worsen fortunes for the sector that was already struggling from declining growth.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the sector recorded a decreased growth of 3.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2019 compared to a growth of 6.9 per cent in a similar quarter of 2018.\u00a0This brought down the sector\u2019s contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to 0.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2019 compared to 1.3 per cent in the same period in 2018.\u00a0With the sector\u2019s contribution to GDP standing at 31.3 per cent (equivalent to Sh2.209 trillion), this translates to more than Sh72 billion in value lost in just one year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Amid locusts infestations and floods, the government has made budget cuts on agriculture, exposing millions to starvation. 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