The Ministry of Agriculture plans to reconfigure two World Bank-funded projects, the Food Systems Resilience Program (FSRP) and the National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP), to prioritize drought response in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). This aims to shift focus from initial plans to immediate interventions and long-term solutions.

• 80 percent of funds from these projects are requested by governors to be redirected to field-level interventions.
• The Agriculture Cabinet Secretary, CS Kagwe, emphasized repositioning the projects to address current drought realities and prevent future crises.
• The reconfigured projects will assist with fodder transportation, water delivery to pastoral areas, and livestock-saving interventions, with funds reallocated to drought-affected counties.