Reports

Highlights The August 2004 - January 2005 emergency operation is set to begin. Food insecurity heightens in the northern and eastern pastoral areas. National long-rains maize output revised downward once again. Maize prices continued to rise in all key markets,…

NAIROBI, August 03, 2004 - In response to the drought emergency recently declared in Kenya by President Mwai Kibaki, UNICEF is seeking funds to scale up its response in the drought affected areas across the country. The UNICEF crisis…

ISSUE The poor performance of the short rains (October-December 2003), coupled with the erratic long rains (March-May 2004), has resulted in a drought emergency in 26 of Kenya's 74 districts and has rendered an estimated 2.3 million Kenyans in need…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KWALE, 24 July (IRIN) - //This story updates and corrects a story bearing the same title, which was issued on 23 July. That story erroneously stated that UN…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2004/109 CORRIGENDUM OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Kenya - Drought/ Food Security Crisis 23 July 2004 This report is based on information provided by the Regional Support Office - Central and Eastern Africa (RSO-CEA). I. SITUATION 1. Several years of…

(NEW YORK: 22 July 2004) United Nations agencies will soon be appealing for international aid on behalf of the Kenyan Government, which has requested assistance to help overcome poor rainfall and severe crop failure. Several years of inadequate rains in Kenya…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 9 July (IRIN) - Kenya is to receive a total of US $60.51 million dollars in grants and loans from the African Development Fund (ADF) for projects…

Highlights Unfavorable forecast dampens crop prospects in drought-affected areas. Poor crop production in the lowlands deepens food insecurity. Aflatoxin contamination remains a threat though mortalities have declined. Rapid food security assessment results expected to inform intervention plan. Current high maize prices…

In parts of Turkana and Marsabit Districts, but targeting uneven Relief food interventions are now ongoing in both Turkana and Marsabit Districts, two of the worst affected districts in the country. Rates of child malnutrition deteriorated in March to an alarmingly…

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