Informes

Situation Overview Hot and dry weather conditions prevailed within the county during May. The food purchase prices increased within May. Weeding was the main agricultural activity taking place within the county in May. Pasture and browse availability and…

Situation Overview: There was an increase in the average amount of rainfall recorded between dekad 1 of April to dekad 1 of May, 2014. An average of 131 mm of rainfall was recorded in May as compared…

Situation Overview  The county received rains during the month with Matuga sub-county having received 401.3 mm for an average 14 days and 437 mm for 20 days in Msambweni sub-county. Torrential rains caused flooding in Vanga ward in…

Situation Overview  During the month under review, the county experienced some rainfall which was poorly distributed rains in both time and space especially at the sentinel sites with moderate rains reported around the area of Nyahururu.…

Situation Overview  An average of 417.15 mm of rainfall was recorded in Lamu County. This rainfall average for the month exceeds the year (2006-2013) 8-year long term average of 222.2 mm. Witu received 467.8 mm of…

Situation Overview  The average amount of rain recorded in the county was 37.48mm in 3 wet days.  The water situation in all the livelihood zones has improved tremendously. There was recharge of open water sources, roof…

Situation Overview:  The month of May was marked with hot and dry weather condition. Localized areas that did receive rainfall were generally limited to 1-10 mm.  The satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (N.D.V.I.) for May depicted decreasing vegetation…

Situation Overview Moderate rains were received in the beginning of the month but the amounts decreased towards the end of the month. Temporal distribution was fair while spatial distribution was poor as only the highland received rains. The…

SITUATION OVERVIEW The month of May marks cessation of the March May long rains. There was no significant precipitation experienced in the month. The season’s crop is at various stages of development, mainly podding and harvesting stages (pulses)…

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing…