Committed to Ending Drought Emergencies

NDMA is an agency of the Government of Kenya mandated to establish mechanisms which ensure that drought does not result in emergencies and that the impacts of climate change are sufficiently mitigated.

Committed to Ending Drought Emergencies

NDMA is an agency of the Government of Kenya mandated to establish mechanisms which ensure that drought does not result in emergencies and that the impacts of climate change are sufficiently mitigated.

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Provision of livestock feed supplementsFood-for-fees retaining students in school during droughtCommercial livestock offtakeLivestock slaughter destocking Support to strategic boreholesLivestock feeding centresSlaughter destocking: Dried meat rations 

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Although the pastoral northeast (Garissa, Wajir, Mandera and parts of Tana River counties) and pastoral north-west (Mainly Turkana, West Pokot and Marsabit) are generally classified as Stressed under the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), there are about 700,000 people here in the Crisis phase of food insecurity. After two to three poor seasons, these households have not fully recovered. Most of them lost productive assets during last year’s drought and face considerable food gaps. They will need food and non-food transfers to continue supporting their recovery as the situation stabilizes. 

Of the total population in the Arid and Semi Arid regions (ASALs) of Kenya, approximately 9.5 million are in the Minimal/None phase of food insecurity and 3.7 million people in the Stressed phase.

According to preliminary projections by the State Department of Agriculture, the 2018 – 2019 crop production is projected to be approximately 33 percent above the long-term average. This significant increase in production is credited to enhanced rainfall, increased crop yield and reduced effects of the Fall Armyworm as the heavy rainfall mitigated their growth and reproduction. 

Read more in the 2018 Long Rains Assessment Report

The rains received in the ASAL areas from March to May 2018 resulted in good regeneration of forage. Currently, the condition of pasture and browse is good and is expected to last up to October while water sources for both livestock and households are expected to slightly change over the next three months. Ongoing harvesting of pulses, millet and sorghum has replenished household food stocks in the marginal agricultural counties thereby improving food availability. During the month of July, prices of cereals and legumes declined while those of livestock remained above average which has led to improved terms of trade for livestock keepers in nearly all the ASAL counties.

For detailed report click on the National drought status, August 2018
You can also get the early warning bulletin for respective ASAL counties here