New drought-resistant seeds unveiled to address food insecurity 

Egerton University, with the support from United Nations, has unveiled new drought resistant, fast maturing, high-yielding and nutritious legume seed varieties and technologies aimed at addressing food insecurity in the region.

The University's Agro-Science Park Seeds Unit unveiled the improved legume seed varieties, including those of groundnuts, beans, groundnuts, Pigeon peas, and Chickpeas.

Director of Agro-Science Park (GOK, Vision 2030 Flagship Project), Professor Paul Kimurto, said the varieties were developed in a four-year Food Safety for Africa (FS4Africa) project that was being supported by the European Union and was aimed at addressing food insecurity, especially in arid and semi-arid areas.

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