Drought Response in the Agricultural Sector in Ukambani & Marsabit, Kenya

The BMZ/GIZ-funded project "Drought response in the Agricultural Sector in Ukambani & Marsabit"1, implemented by Welthungerhilfe, addressing the negative impacts of the drought for highly vulnerable farming households (HH) in the North Eastern (Marsabit) and Ukambani (Makueni, Kitui, und Mwingi) area by improving the food security of the beneficiaries.

The principal objective of this project is to secure the survival of the direct target population by increasing their nutritional capacities and by strengthening their recovery from the drought as well as the coping mechanisms of both Districts. The project focuses on supporting communities in the provision of drinking water by construction and rehabilitation of earth dams/pans and the beneficiaries' ability to maintain them in the protection and improvement of agricultural and dry land management.