Food security and coping mechanisms in marginal areas : the case of West Pokot, Kenya, 1920-1995

The major focus of the book is on food security and coping mechanisms in an arid environment; a case of West Pokot in Northwest Kenya. The area suffers from livestock and crop diseases; human and cattle raids between the Pokot and their neighbors; has no major industries or developed roads; and relies on relief food during famines. This well researched study will benefit readers and policy makers to comprehend that: sound policies and actions at national and local levels are needed to tackle droughts and famines; relief food is not a solution to food insecurity; and if Kenya cannot feed its citizens, sustainable development will continue to elude the nation. - Anne Kisaka Nangulu is currently Dean, and Associate Professor of History, in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Moi University, Kenya. She received Bachelors and Masters Degrees in History at the University of Nairobi, Kenya; and her Doctorate in History from West Virginia University, USA. She has received scholarly awards/scholarships; and authored several book chapters and articles in scholarly journals on the History of Kenya and Africa. Her research has mainly focused on indigenous knowledge, the state, politics, security issues, corruption, urbanization, unemployment, education, gender, poverty, HIV/AIDs, ethnic conflicts, resource allocation, search for economic justice, and food security.

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