Nyeri County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2017
Attachments
Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification
Biophysical Indicators
November was relatively wet registering above normal and evenly distributed rains in space and time.
Vegetation condition index for the month stood at 60.91. This is indicative of normal vegetation greenness compared to the long term average.
Socio Economic Indicators (Impact Indicators)
The livestock body condition was fair across livelihood zones.
Milk production was below long term average by 1.1 litres in November.
Milk consumption of 1.6 litres was reported in November 0.4 litres less to long term averages of 2.0 litres.
Distances to water sources for households unchanged from last month at 0.4 Km.
Terms of trade ratio decreased from 65.4 in October to 63.9 in November.
Percent of children at risk of malnutrition was 0.8 in November which was lower than the long term average of 2.4 percent.
CSI dropped from 6.57 In October to 5.75 in November.