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Event: OT Other Number: 2008-000043 Country: KEN Kenya Location: Date (YMD): 2008-4-8 Time: Duration: Magnitude: Information Source: International Federation information bulletin n?1 Comments: Most of the 300,000 people displaced during the crisis are likely to continue living in camps for the next few months due to the lag in the implementation of the deal to resolve underlying ethnic problems. The majority of the displaced are from the productive breadbasket areas in the western part, and the crisis has already resulted in the loss of about 300,000 tonnes of the 2007 crop harvests, which will reduce overall food availability both locally and nationally in 2008. In addition, those displaced and confined in the camps may not fully cultivate their farms during the 2008 long‐rain cultivation season. Land preparation for the 2008 planting season has been significantly delayed with a significant reduction in prepared land due to tensions, insecurity and high input costs. This is expected to reduce the 2008 harvest of maize, the national staple food, meaning likely food shortages even in 2009. Aproximate Location::   THIS DISASTER ON THE INTERNET:	Useful Links: Back to Search results New Search Statistics Charts Tabular Reports Related Records: Same Event in other Countries: DR-2008-000043-ETH Drought,Ethiopia: The south-eastern pastoral areas of Ethiopia, including Somali Region and the lowlands of Oromiya, have experienced poor rains in the last two seasons. Water and pasture, the key pastoral resources, are in short supply, and livestock body conditions and production have deteriorated significantly. The Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) has announced that 952,053 people require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another estimated 8 million people chronically affected by food insecurity are being assisted through the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP). DR-2008-000043-SOM Drought,Somalia: In Somalia, food security in most of central and southern regions is precarious as a result of a combination of factors including two successive poor rains, civil insecurity, high‐inflation, and trade and market disruptions. The number of people in need across the country has increased from about 1.5 million in mid‐2007 to 2 million through to July 2008. OT-2008-000043-DJI Other,Djibouti: About 55,000 rural people and 25,000 urban people currently rely on emergency food aid, and food deficits are as high as 30 to 40 percent among the worst‐affected groups