Kenya flash appeal: March 2017

Pages
49pp
Date published
16 Mar 2017
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Assessment & Analysis, Drought
Countries
Kenya
Organisations
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

The 2016 short rains season (October to December) brought severely reduced levels of rainfall to the region. The drought has had a major impact on water resources. Widespread crop failures and declining terms of trade for pastoralists have affected farming and agro-pastoral communities especially in the Northwest, north-eastern and the coastal strip of Kenya.
Household production of milk and meat is low and the price of milk and other dairy products has skyrocketed, contributing to rising food insecurity and malnutrition.

COUNTRY NAME: KENYA

UN agencies and partners have developed this Flash Appeal in response to the Government of Kenya's declaration of the drought as a national disaster and appeal for international assistance on 10 February 2017.