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David Karanja, a bean seed system researcher at Kalro, displays a new bean variety to participants [Owen Kimani-Standard]

As climate change and its effects tighten their grip on Africa's agriculture, soils continue to degrade, and food insecurity remains a persistent challenge.

Experts say the continent already possesses many of the solutions needed to transform its food systems. The real challenge is scaling them.

This message dominated discussions during a side event held alongside the second Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) Scientific Conference and Innovation Expo in Nairobi, where researchers, development organisations, policymakers and private sector actors gathered to explore pathways toward sustainable food production, trade and consumption.