It's time to fix the world's broken food system  In Kenya I saw
how rising food prices, land grabs and lack of investment in
small-scale farming turn drought into famine  Gallery of
Rankin's photographs for Oxfam's Blog Action Day     • Jump to
comments () Hungry locals in Turkana, Kenya Hungry locals in
Turkana, Kenya asked not for food or aid, but for rain.
Photograph: Rankin/Oxfam  Earlier this year I travelled to
Turkana in Kenya for a photo shoot. I was there to capture
images of the "broken food system" for Oxfam and through my
experiences I also captured the reality of what it's like to be
living without food security.  When hungry locals, some of whom
had not eaten for two, three, sometimes even four days were
asked what they needed, not one person asked for food or aid.
Instead they suggested: "What we need is to be able to have
rain." There has been a drought since 2005.  Awoi Ngasike in
Kenya Awoi Ngasike, 70, holds a day's worth of food in the palm
of his hands. Photograph: Rankin/Oxfam  As a spec