 20 exposure to the program andpoints Stephanie 5 nah sew 5 goo 4 9 to take into account when studying the cause of effects of climate change, food insecurity, and water supply. In this regard, the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands held a roundtable meeting to discuss the opportunities for advancement of women participation in food security, water supply, and climate initiative in Kenya. Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Kenya of France Macken says 70% of paying jobs go to men thus creating an imbalance in economic distribution. Ambassador of France adds that climatic change is posing a challenge to food production due to unpredictable weather patterns and locust invasion. It's very well known that women participate for a great part in agriculture, even 80% of them, but they are not part participating in let's say the paid jobs that are available in the same sector. So where men take about 70% of the paid jobs in agriculture, women take about 80% of the jobs, but only 10% of them have access to credit for instance and other inputs. So that imbalance was addressed this morning and how that can be sort of taken up in programs put on agendas in a way that effectively this imbalance can be addressed and I'm very happy to note that there have been has been an exchange of practical examples that would allow organizations individuals to put gender and gender imbalance and gender transformation on the agenda in a way that it's also being monitored and kept track of. Father he says the government is trying its best to combat the situation. However it's difficult since it's so sudden and such calamities have no warnings. Well in terms of preparedness all we have is examples from West Africa where the occurrence of locust swamps is more prevalent than East Africa but and there is certain poisons that can be stored in order to be prepared. You need the planes to be prepared but the question is, is it fair to have this all ready and updated because you can't store them forever for something that occurs every 15 years 20 years sometimes like here almost 50 years I understand so is that a fair proposition that is a very difficult question because it costs a lot of money and a lot of maintenance of all the equipment and renewal of the past when they are not of the pesticides when they are not being used. So yes there should be more swift action possible but to be fully prepared requires an inordinate amount of money. When it comes to the farmers they are obviously victims and but we know that there are crops that locusts don't like. There is actually stuff that they don't like so and we also know that they go for the softer tissue rather than the hard kernels so sometimes the swarm has visited an area but then maybe the leaves are eaten but but the grains are still there but there's always damage lots of damage so it is a very challenging phenomenon and to be prepared is not easy I will just admit to that but I think we had a warning call and we can do what we can we should do what we can in order to be prepared for a next occurrence. The food and agriculture organization of the United Nations has started training 300 national youth service NOIS trainees as part of its action plan to boost the government of Kenya's civilians and control of the worst desert locusts invasion the country has seen in 70 years. In addition 300 trainees will participate in future capacity building exercises at the NOIS college. The outcome of these deliberations are aimed at making Kenya attain its vision 2030.