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ProjectFactsheetAnticipatory Emergency Response for Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Communities Affected by Severe Drought in the ASALS Counties of Kenya - TCP/KEN/3806 2024
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No results found.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. -
Book (series)Technical reportResilience analysis of pastoral and agropastoral communities in South Sudan’s cross-border areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
FAO resilience analysis report No. 17 - Analysing resilience for better targeting and action
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No results found.The IGAD member states are situated in a region exposed to recurrent natural shocks, political instability and characterized by internal and cross-border population displacement. Conflict is the root cause of food insecurity in South Sudan where about 6 million people were estimated to be severely food insecure in September 2017. Internal and cross-border displacement prevents households from engaging in typical livelihood activities, inhibits economic growth and disrupts markets and trade routes. Consequently, income-earning opportunities are limited, and the Government’s earnings in United States dollars are very low, which has led to hyperinflation. The European Union funded “Strengthening the Livelihoods Resilience of Pastoral and Agropastoral Communities in South Sudan’s Cross-border Areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda” project that aims to improve governance and conflict prevention to reduce forced displacement and irregular migration in the cross-border areas of South Sudan. In that respect, this baseline study was conducted to benchmark resilience and food security indicators in the intervention areas and to gain a better understanding of the drivers of instability and irregular migration, as well as of the determinants of food security and resilience. The results show that households engaged in crop production and sales and host communities have a higher resilience while the internally displaced person, refugees and households residing in counties characterized by conflict and dwindling economic opportunities are the most exposed to food insecurity. The best way to increase the resilience of all types of livelihoods is to augment the assets held by households while boosting their adaptive capacity, especially by promoting the diversification of income sources and improving education levels. These efforts should target the least resilient populations in the cross border areas. -
BookletGuidelineSouth Sudan | Feed management and utilization guidelines for pastoral and agropastoral areas 2021
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No results found.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed these guidelines with the overall objective to protect and improve the productivity of the ruminant livestock species of South Sudan. Focussing on the best use of local feed resources, the guidelines mainly target livestock extension workers promoting livestock feed development good practices to pastoral and agropastoral communities as well as the emerging market-oriented smallholder livestock producers. This document also serves as an important tool for advancing the policy and strategic priority actions of the East Africa Animal Feed Action Plan (FAO and IGAD, 2019) and the draft National Livestock Development Policy of South Sudan.
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