Kenya food security June 2010 Update

Food security continues to strengthen across most of the country’s livelihood areas, particularly in the pastoral areas as well as in the critical ‘grain basket’ areas in the western and Rift Valley highlands after favorable and extended long rains. While food security prospects in the southeastern and coastal marginal agricultural lowlands have visibly improved, future prospects remain unclear because a substantial proportion of their short rains crop is likely to be lost due to aflatoxin infection, coupled with likely mediocre long rains crop output after significant areas reported below‐normal rains. Full Report