Reports

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators Rainfall received during the first Dekad of the month and ceased. Vegetation condition; the current three-month Vegetation Condition index is normal Browse conditions are currently fair across the County. Water availability is normal…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators Rainfall: Performance: the County received on average 2 to 8 days of rainfall across the Pastoral, Marginal Mixed Farming (MMF) and Mixed Farming (MF) zones, with majority of the days being…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators Rainfall: Below average rainfall was recorded in the region in the month of May. The spatial and temporal distribution of the rains was uneven and poor across the livelihood zones. Vegetation…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Drought Phase: Normal- Stable Biophysical Indicators The county received above normal rains during the first two dekads of May but charecterised by poor distribution. The Vegetation greenness as depicted by the VCI is normal…

Project Background Kenya is now the second biggest refugee-hosting country in Africa after Ethiopia. The majority of the nearly half a million refugees in Kenya reside in either Dadaab (44%) or Kakuma (40%) camps in the Arid…

Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Governments across the world, including Kenya, have taken up different containment measures including introduction of economic stimulus programmes to cushion women and…

In a Q&A to mark food safety day, Caroline Mwendwa reveals experiences of shortages that inform her work as a WFP food technologist Caroline Mwendwa didn’t always have access to safe or nutritious foods as a child…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Mixed production prospects for 2021 “long‑rains” main season crops Above‑average 2020 cereal production due to favourable “long‑rains” in key producing areas Poor rangeland conditions affecting pastoral livelihoods Prices of maize at low levels in key producing areas…

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Generation Equality is an international platform that seeks to accelerate the implementation of the gender equality commitments in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of 1995 to achieve transformative change. Generation Equality Forum…

Drought indicators Rainfall Onset of the long rains season was late as most ASAL counties did not receive rainfall from the second and third week of March when the March-April-May (MAM) season normally begins. During the month of…