2026-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414869As the world begins to feel the effects of climate change, the frequency of droughts is increasing in the Horn of Africa. In Kenya, the drought and food crisis affect welfare through two main channels. The first channel is the increased mortality of livestock in drought-affected areas, which are home to 10 percent of the country's population. The second channel is by exacerbating increases in food prices, which are largely driven by worldwide price trends. Considering these two channels, this note identifies four broad policy changes that can reduce Kenya's future vulnerability to such shocks: (i) investment in people in the arid and semiarid lands; (ii) reform of Kenya's maize policy; (iii) review of the East African Community grain trade policy; and (iv) formulation of a unified social protection system.application/pdftext/plainCC BY 3.0 IGOhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/World BankAGRICULTUREARID AREASARID LANDSBENEFICIARIESCEREALSCLIMATE CHANGECOASTAL REGIONCOPING MECHANISMSCREDIT MARKETSECONOMIC GROWTHEMERGENCY FOODEMERGENCY RELIEFEXTERNAL SHOCKSFARMERSFINANCIAL CRISESFOOD AIDFOOD GRAINSFOOD MARKETINGFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICE INFLATIONFOOD PRICESFOOD PRODUCERFOOD SECURITYFORMAL CREDITGRAIN MARKETINGHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLDS WITH LIVESTOCKHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTSIMPACT OF SHOCKSINFLATIONINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTLAND TENURELIVESTOCK OWNERSHIPLIVESTOCK POPULATIONLOCAL INFRASTRUCTUREMAIZEMARKET INTERVENTIONSMARKET PRICESPOORPOOR PEOPLEPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY TRAPSPRICE FLOORPRICE INFLATIONPRICE POLICYPRICE RISKPRICE STABILITYPRICE TRENDSPRODUCER INCENTIVESPRODUCER PRICEPRODUCER PRICESPROTECTION POLICYPROTECTION SYSTEMREBATESREGIONAL TRADERELIEF INTERVENTIONSRISK MANAGEMENTSAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAFETY NETSSHEEPSOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL PROTECTIONSTORAGE FACILITIESSURPLUSVULNERABILITY TO DROUGHTWAREHOUSEWORLD MARKET