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Wajir County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Biophysical Indicators Rainfall. • The County received below average rainfall throughout the month of November 2020, with poor distribution in both time and space. The OctoberNovember-December (OND) 2020 seasonal rainfall is likely to cease after the first week of December over several parts of the county. Vegetation. • Vegetation condition indexes indicated declining normal vegetation greenness with a score of 37.06. Physical observation of the situation depicts moderate vegetation deficit on a deteriorating trend. Soc...

Isiolo County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Biophysical Indicators ▪ The month of November was characterized by sunny and hot weather with few rainy days in the beginning and mid-month. ▪ The county Vegetation Condition declined to normal vegetation greenness. ▪ Majority of accessible forage was fair, with little regeneration taking place as shortage in traditional grazing areas looms. ▪ Water availability was fair due to low recharge level which may last not more than two months in open sources. Socio Economic Indicators (Impact Indicators) Production Indic...

Marsabit County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Biophysical Indicators Rainfall: In the month under review, agro-pastoral areas received near average rains whereas most parts of pastoral areas recorded below average. Vegetation condition: 3-months Vegetation Condition Index for the month under review was 49.08 across the County hence significant deterioration when compared to the previous month’s VCI of 63.27. Socio-Economic Indicators (Impact Indicators) Production indicators: Livestock body condition was good-fair for all the livestock species in all the livelihoo...

Tana River County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Drought Phase: Normal-STABLE • Below average amount of rainfall were received in the month of November 2020. • The November Vegetation Condition Index values for Tana River County are above normal but on a declining trend across all sub-counties. • The Water levels in most water pans were above normal at 3(40%-70%) in Mixed and Marginal mixed all livelihood zones but below normal in Pastoral livelihood zones. Socio Economic Indicators (Impact Indicators) Production indicators: • The forage condition is fair in ...

Meru County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Biophysical Indicators Rainfall: Below normal average rains were recorded across the livelihood zones with erratic and unevenly distribution in terms of time and space. Vegetation condition: Above normal greenness condition was recorded across all livelihood zones. Pasture and browse condition was fair to poor across all the livelihood zones. Socio Economic Indicators (Impact Indicators) Production Indicators: Farmers were engaged in short rains season weeding. Crop condition was fair to good. Livestock body condition was go...