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The 6th National Climate Outlook Forum for Kenya for March-May 2023 season- ‘long rain season’.

Morris Makabe – Communication Officer, ICHA The 6th National Climate Outlook Forum (NCOF) in Kenya brought together climate scientists, researchers, governmental officials, development partners, decision-makers, and media representatives from 27th Feb to 1st March to discuss the performance and impacts of the National October to December (OND) 2022 season and present the consolidated objective National climate outlook for the March-May

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Bringing life to the Drylands: Mapathons For Disaster Preparedness and Response

Authors: Morris Makabe & Naomi Ng’ang’a Wajir county is one of the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) of Kenya located in the North Eastern region of Kenya. The County experiences frequent drought episodes especially from June to September, which impact negatively livestock and crop farming, education, nutrition, and access to water and pasture. On the other hand, the county also

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Kenya Red Cross Society’s Early-Action seeds help farmers beat drought

By Denis Onyodi, Climate Centre, Kwale, Kenya Farmers in Kenya’s southern region of Kwale county who had turned to logging and quarrying after a prolonged period of drought have been harvesting a huge variety of crops over the past few weeks thanks to an early-action distribution of specialized seeds by the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS). In a story from

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