Climate change was identified as the dominant factor in diminishing global food security since EA’s dependence on rain-fed agriculture makes it particularly susceptible to the vagaries of weather. This will encourage the growth of border towns in the trade of agricultural food and other goods, mainly impacting small-scale traders' youth and women,” it said. In Tanzania, authorities felt that existing cross-border trade policies were “quite dynamic, which makes trade unstable. Among its recommendations, the growing gender gaps in food insecurity needed to be addressed through targeted food security programmes and social safety nets for vulnerable populations, like the provision of food vouchers and similar forms of aid where necessary. The study said countries could address basic inflation and currency depreciation factors affecting public affordability of healthy diets by implementing.

Source: Daily Nation May 28, 2023 08:45 UTC