Kenya drought🏜️ HIGH

• Physical causes❗️


  Lost approximately 3/4 of its rainforest due to deforestation

  two poorer rainy seasons with over 75% of Kenya receiving less than 1/3 the normal rain or none at all

  ailure of rainy seasons due to La Niña (when the Pacific Ocean gets warmer)
• Human causes❗️


  stage 2 of the DTM with a 2.7% population increase each year

  100 tonnes of flowers are sent from Kenya to Europe which require substantially more water to grow than crops

  GDFP of %900

  LIC country so the government can’t invest

  75% of Kenya is deforested
• social effects��


  only 59% had access to clean drinking water so many drank unsafe dirty water

  lack of water led to fights between tribes with 364 deaths

  increased cases of cholera to over 10,000 in 2009

  towns only had electricity for 3 days a week due to power shortages

  4 million people needed food aid
• economic effects��


  total cost of drought was approximately £4 billion

  food prices in kenya increased by over 130%

  food production fell by over 25%

  government paid farmers were paid £65 a week for weak, dead cattle but this isn’t enough buy new cows
• environmental effects��


  rivers dried up completely (eg Njoro)

  farmers illegally took their cows into nature reserves to eat the grass there leading to overgrazing

  over 150,000 cattle died (was all nomadic farmers had - damages reputation)

  flamigos died due to lack of water (decreasing tourism)

  zebras, elephants, etc. were hunted for their meat illegally by poaching
• management of the Kenya drought 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

  foof aid was given to 10 million people but many of them lived in rural area and were hard to reach

  the government paid farmers £65 a week for dying cows (this a wasn’t enough to buy new cattle -lost their livelihood)

  sand dams were built to trap water to prevent it evaporating

  the NGO Water Aid helped to drill bore holes into many villages to access safe clean water. they were solar powered and Kenya has a hot climate so didn’t need electricity or power cables that would damage local area