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WHAT SHOULD POLICYMAKERS DO TO STRENGTHEN RESILIENCE? 1. Invest in livestock and crop production by promoting
value chain production, access to markets, efficient technologies to increase agriculture production.
2. Invest in implementation of sustainable surveillance mechanisms for disease and pest control mechanisms including supporting animal health interventions.
3. Enhance livelihood diversification by increasing income-generating activities for both crop and livestock production.
4. Reducing distance to basic services such as health ser-vices, schools and markets through improving infrastructure.
5. Enhance environmental sustainability through improving natural resource management. In addition, the adoption of people-centred approaches (e.g. peace talks) on equitable access to resources is key.
Measuring and analysing resilience
The Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis (RIMA-II) tool
allows to estimate household resilience capacity to food insecurity
in two steps. First, it gives information on household resilience
capacity through the estimation of the Resilience Capacity Index
(RCI) and the Resilience Structure Matrix (RSM). These can be used
to rank and target households from most to least resilient.
The second part shows the role of shocks in explaining resilience
capacity and describes the association between factors that
contribute to resilience and food security. Through this, RIMA-II
can provide clear policy indications. RIMA-II has been applied
in over ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Resilience is “the capacity that ensures shocks do not have long- lasting adverse deve-lopment consequences”. It is widely recognized as one of the most powerful means to mitigate and prevent food security crises.
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Building resilience:
a policy brief series
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STRENGTHENING RESILIENCE IN ISIOLO, MARSABIT AND MERU COUNTIES
WHY IS ACTION NEEDED? Agriculture is the mainstay of the Kenyan economy, contributing to approximately 26 percent of the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Pastoralist and agricultural activities are dependent on rain for sustainability. Erratic rainfall
has led to significant reduction in crop and livestock production including Isiolo, Marsabit and Meru counties. In addition,
limited access to basic services, insecurity and poverty rates have increased. FAO Kenya, together with
the County Governments of Isiolo, Marsabit and Meru counties, conducted a study, which aims at understanding household resilience capacity in the three counties. The present brief provides guidance in policy planning for the government of Kenya, county governments, policy makers
in IGAD and partner agencies.
WHAT DID THE STUDY REVEAL? Productive assets (including inputs for crop and
livestock production), income diversification, distance to basic services influence households’ resilience. Households
with mixed farming livelihoods are more resilient than pastoral. Findings also reveal that drought, insecurity due to conflicts on natural resource use, crop and livestock pests and diseases are the most relevant shocks. Policy makers should aim at enhancing agricultural productivity for the every type of livelihoods. Moreover, increasing productive assets and improving access to basic services such as health services and markets are important for the pastoral livelihood.
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This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of FAO and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.
Strengthening resilience in Isiolo Marsabit and Meru
IMPROVE SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCESPROMOTE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
IMPROVE ACCESS TO BASIC INFRASTRUCTUREPROMOTE INCOME DIVERSIFICATION
County differences
LOW PRODUCTIVE
INPUTS
MANY COPING STRATEGIES
EMPLOYED
ACCESS TO BASIC
SERVICES
ACCESS TO WATER SOURCES
INCOME DIVERSIFICATION
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY
THE INFOGRAPHIC BELOW SHOWS THE MAIN FINDINGS OF THE RESILIENCE ANALYSIS CONDUCTED IN ISIOLO, MARSABIT AND MERU COUNTIES. IT ALSO PROVIDES CLEAR POLICY INDICATIONS.
Livelihood differences
MARSABIT
RCI52
RCI Poverty rate
Isiolo 59 63Marsabit 52 79Meru 72 28
Poli
cy in
terv
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ons Policy interventions
PASTORAL
WHAT IS NEEDED WHAT IS NEEDED
MIXED FARMING
RCI
Isiolo 57Marsabit 57
RCI
Meru 72
H
