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Kinya Kaibung’a

Kinya Kaibung’a is a Research Officer with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She has a keen interest in leveraging machine learning, AI, and other cutting-edge technologies to boost climate resilience and food security in smart agriculture systems.

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Why World Hunger Isn’t Going Away As Fast As We’d Hoped (NPR)

October 17, 2017


NPR’s Morning Edition ran a feature on the Global Hunger Index 2017, recently launched by IFPRI. The news outlet interviewed IFPRI’s Markets, Trade and Institutions’ director, Rob Vos, who explained that despite a drop in the global hunger levels, quite a few countries are at serious risk of hunger or alarming states of hunger. “If we don’t do a lot more then this, goal of ending hunger will not be met,” Vos added. 

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