01 November 2021, Kilifi, Kenya - The Food and Agriculture (FAO) National Livestock Officer Dr. Joseph Mathooko gives animal feeds during a distribution organized by FAO.
Background information
The combined effects of crop and pasture losses caused by desert locust, COVID-19 related mitigation measures, and consecutive below-average rainy seasons have placed communities in the arid and semi-arid lands of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia at risk of severe food insecurity and loss of livelihood.
