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January 23, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Early warning systems and dryland communities in the Horn of Africa: Kenya country report

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AMAlvin MuhandaleLKLilian KirwaAWAurelie Walker

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how to connect food security and climate systems with actions that communities can take against natural hazards.
  • Analysis of early warning systems in relation to food security and climate issues.
  • Evaluation of community responses to natural hazards in Kenya.
  • Review of existing literature on pastoral and agro-pastoral community strategies.
  • Identified disconnects between early warning systems and community actions.
  • Highlighted successful anticipatory strategies used by communities.
  • Proposed new frameworks for integrating food security and climate responses.

Abstract

This report is part of a series drafted to respond to the challenge: “How can we bridge the disconnects between food security, climate, and natural hazards early warning systems and the anticipatory actions that pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the Horn of Africa can take to overcome recurring shocks and threats to their lives and livelihoods?”

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Muhandale et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69730f78c8125b09b0d1f340https://doi.org/10.7488/era/6845
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