Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification
Biophysical Indicators
Dry and sunny weather conditions prevailed during the reporting period with two days erratic showers in marginal pockets of Agro pastoral zones.
The county recorded showers amounting to 31.9 mm as measured by three rain gauges.
The 3-month average vegetation cover for the county further declined to 27.2 from 39.76 recorded in last month as measured by Vegetation Condition Index (VCI). This depicts moderate drought situation for the entire county.
The VCI for Samburu East was 15.81 indicating severe drought situations.
There was scarcity of water particularly in lowlands where water sources have dried up dry due to sunny with maximum daytime temperatures conditions.
Socio economic indicators details
Livestock are still concentrated in dry season grazing areas to utilize the available pastures as the wet season pasture have depleted.
Further reduction in milk production and consumption continued to be noticed declining from 43.7 to 42.5 and from 36.8 to 31.7 bottles respectively.
Minimal deaths were reported due to drought in Samburu East.
Grazers had fair to poor body conditions while browsers had fair to good.
This month, Terms of trade (ToT) was 0.57 kg of meat in exchange for a kilo of cereals.
The proportion of sampled children at risk of malnutrition was at 16.6% compared to last month rate of 17%.
The current CSI stands at 2.45 against 2.7 recorded in the previous month.