Situation overview
- Heavy down pours were experienced in the mixed farming livelihood zone
- Pasture and natural vegetation regenerated
- The period experienced steady improvement in livestock body conditions
- Farmers where busy ploughing while harvesting maize
- The price of maize remained stable whereas that of beans went up
- Price of cattle dropped
- No major livestock disease outbreak was reported
- The malnutrition levels remained stable
Recommendations to DSG and KFSM
- Continued surveillance of livestock diseases
- Farmers sensitization on aflatoxin food poisoning
- Conduct a nutritional survey for the under fives
- Repair roads through the food for work projects by ADRA and UN-WFP
Current Interventions
Water
- Pipeline extension in Matinyani division
- Construction of sand dams in Mutonguni and Matinyani division by ALRMP
- Water distribution in Nzambani location from Nzambani borehole by ALRMP & department of water
- Sinking of two boreholes kakeani and kasue locations by JICA
Works
- Repair of roads by DASS and the department of public works
Livestock
- Vaccination against rift valley fever & lumpy skin disease
- Capacity building on bee-keeping and beef production
- Establishment of dairy units and buck stations to upgrade in Chuluni and central divisions
Agriculture
- Community sensitization on value additions
- Establishment of two micro irrigation schemes along Athi & Tiva rivers by ALRMP in collaboration with the ministry of agriculture and the irrigation department