Shifting diets: the future of food waste management in Kenya

Objective: The objective here is to raise awareness on the issue of food sustainability in the context of Kenya. As the students live in the capital city, they often are detached with the source of their food and process of making the producing the food that they eat. The seminar will attempt to share the knowledge of prevalent agriculture in the country. It will also shed light on the greater impact of the student’s own eating habits on the economy as well as the agricultural industry. The seminar will look into case studies of successful campaigns against food waste.

Planned activities: The seminar will be led by an agricultural expert along with a popular celebrity figure among the youth speaking on the issue of food sustainability.  The agricultural expert will be speaking on how our habits today of consuming more than we produce domestically will be affecting our future along with the issue of food wastage in a developing country like us. The second speaker would be a youth icon speaking on the matter of food sustainability. The will be a quiz session at the end among the students to make the seminar interesting.