Kenya - ASAL-Based Livestock and Rural Livelihoods Project

The present intervention is relative to the Asal-Based Livestock and Rural Livelihood Support Project. It’s designed to address livestock productivity enhancement, and provide drought management actions through the active participation of the targeted beneficiaries for increased livestock offtake. This is in conformity with the Bank group’s assistance strategy in Kenya and the development strategy of the GOK both of which focus on poverty reduction in general and ensuring food security in particular. The project should impact positively on food security and nutrition practices thereby promoting human and economic development in the Region. The most important positive impact of the project should be to sustain and build the capacities of farmers in practicing the demand-driven approach. The project comprises four main components, namely: (i) Livestock Productivity Improvement; (ii) Animal Health Improvement; (iii) Livestock Marketing; and (iv) Drought Management and Food Security Initiatives.