Abstract for: Food security and food aid; persistent insecurity

Hunger remains a persistent problem within the world. This problem manifest itself in the way that there is a higher food demand then the food production sector can deliver. The balance between food availability and food requirements is called food security (Oxford, n.d.). This paper evaluates food security using data from Kenya. In general there are two ways that food is provided in Kenya. Firstly there is the Kenyan food production. However, due to a number of circumstances the production is not able to keep up with the demand. This in turn causes food insecurity. In turn charities send food aid to supplement the shortage. However this is always too little too late. The food aid send cannot continuously provide enough food for the population. This paper aims to show that the current system is not efficient. Sending food aid only addresses the symptoms of a food production system that is not able to fulfill its purpose. A more structural solution needs to be developed and implemented into the system. The paper does give two possible policy suggestions but its main focus remains to show that the current system is not sustainable.