Sector Plan For Drought Risk Management and Ending Drought Emergencies Second Medium Term Plan 2013–2017.

This Kenya Vision 2030 Sector Plan for Drought Risk Management and Ending Drought Emergencies has been developed through extensive consultations between state and non-state actors. It reflects two significant changes in our understanding of drought emergencies in Kenya. The first is that they have their roots in poverty and vulnerability, and in the fact that Kenya’s drought-prone areas are also among those which have benefited least from investment in the past. The second is that drought emergencies are complex challenges which can only be managed by strong and competent institutions, able to draw on new streams of finance as well as the skills and resources of all actors. This Sector Plan recognizes that drought emergencies cannot cease unless the key foundations for development in the drought prone ASALs are not effectively addressed. Key among these are infrastructure; education; health; livelihoods; peace and security. It also gives emphasis on strengthening institutional and financing framework for drought management.
Livelihoods are clearly evolving, but pastoralism remains the dominant production system in the ASALs and underpins its regional economy, making also an important contribution to natural resource management and sound stewardship of the natural environment. In some counties it provides employment and food security to more than 70 per cent of households and for this reason it is necessary to promote livestock marketing both nationally & internationally. Objectives of the Strategy are: to improve livestock production, marketing and meat products, enhancing cross-border trade; to increase agricultural productivity in semi-arid areas through adoption of appropriate technologies; to improve community food security & income through fish farming & marketing.