Reports

Situation Overview The Drought conditions worsened in all livelihood zones compared to previous month (July 2014).The drought status progressed to Alarm in pastoral, charcoal, firewood livelihood zone. Water situation worsened over the month (August). Borehole and shallow well…

Situation Overview: There was a 26% decrease in average amount of rainfall recorded in the county during the month of August to 34.7 mm compared to the previous month and this was normal at this time of…

Situation overview: The county continued to receive off-season showers this month which was not normal for this time of the year. The mixed farming zone posted 236.2 mm for an average 8 rainy days while the livestock…

Situation Overview An average of 39.45 mm of rainfall was recorded in the County for the month of August. Mpeketoni received 41.1 mm of rainfall for 6 days, Witu 17.5 mm for 3 days, Hindi 55 mm…

Situation overview The overall early warning stage for the county is NORMAL, with a worsening trend. The long rains season performed poorly with late onset and early cessation. This affected production. A total of about 28 mm of…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators Rainfall of 30.67 mm was realised during the month accounting for over 300 percent long term averages. Vegetation condition index of 50-110 was reported as compared to normal range of 35-50…

SituationOverview The long dry spell has started and some areas have started experiencing water stress. Temperatures rangingbetween 25°C to 31°C.  The pasture and browse condition is currently below normal in both Pastoral and marginal mixed livelihood…

Summary of key findings Food security deteriorating in the pastoral, agro pastoral and marginal agricultural areas following below-average March to May long rains From the 2014 long rains assessment, an estimated 1.5 million people are acutely food insecure…

Author(s): Daniel Maxwell,Martina Santschi Full summary: Since December 2013 – only two and a half years after becoming an independent country – South Sudan has been mired in a deep political, military, and humanitarian crisis. This paper is…

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…