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Anticipatory Emergency Response for Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Communities Affected by Severe Drought in the ASALS Counties of Kenya - TCP/KEN/3806

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 7

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) The increasing intensity and frequency of climate-driven natural disasters around the world has a particularly devastating impact on the poor and vulnerable, who are robbed of their self reliance and wounded in their humanity and dignity. Drought-affected herders and agropastoralists are at risk of experiencing high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. It is crucial that effective interventions be made to ensure that the impact of such events is reduced before they grow into more costly humanitarian disasters. As reported by a multi agency situation assessment led by the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) and the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG), food security in Kenya’s Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASALs) counties rapidly deteriorated following yet another below-average long rain season between March and May 2021. This came at a challenging time, with farmers and agro pastoral households still recovering from the damage caused by desert locust invasions and the COVID-19 pandemic, a situation exacerbated further by restricted access to health and nutrition services, a slowdown in trade and losses of income and livelihoods due to measures put in place to control the spread of the virus.

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