KENYA: Financing boost for small farmers
Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
The cost of food is rising, placing a disproportionate burden on the poor who spend most of their income on consumables
NAIROBI, 6 May 2008 (IRIN) - Small farmers and agricultural enterprises are the main beneficiaries of a financing partnership launched on 6 May to help [...]
Date: 07 May 2008
Kenya: Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #13 (FY 200
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
Note: The last fact sheet was dated April 23, 2008.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
- According to USAID/OFDA staff, on May 5, the Government of Kenya (GOK) launched an [...]
KENYA: Financing boost for small farmers
Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
The cost of food is rising, placing a disproportionate burden on the poor who spend most of their income on consumables
NAIROBI, 6 May 2008 (IRIN) - Small farmers and agricultural enterprises are the main beneficiaries of a financing partnership launched on 6 May to help [...]
MAP: Kenya food security outlook
23 Apr 2008
Food security is deteriorating for households throughout Kenya. A poor October to December short-rains season in most pastoral and marginal agricultural areas has decreased pasture availability and reduced household access to food from on-farm production. Food security has decreased for normally food-secure households in Rift Valley, [...]
Date: 23 Apr 2008
Kenya: Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #12 (FY 200
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
Note: The last fact sheet was dated April 9, 2008.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
- The April 13 announcement of the formation of a coalition cabinet has led to a reduction in tensions in [...]
Date: 11 Mar 2008
Kenya Short Rains Assessment Report 2008
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Background
The Short Rains Assessment 2008 was conducted in February 2008 to determine the impact of the short rains season on the food security situation of arid and semi arid districts. Assessments were also conducted in the conflict-affected areas to evaluate the impacts of the [...]
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