According the report released on the sideline of 47th regional climate outlook forum on the on the island of Zanzibar, said climate variability and change between June and August 2017, had manifested as extreme events [in the region] and this situation had contributed to crop failures and livestock deaths.
ICPAC is a regional weather forecasting centre gathering 12 countries from East and the Greater Horn of Africa.
Among other key climate impacts observed during the same period includes land degradation and reduced crop production which lead to increased economic costs to governments struggling to address food insecurity and malnutrition and loss of livelihoods in the affected areas in the region, it said.
While calling upon all stakeholders to strengthen resilience building initiatives in a move to cope with increased extreme climatic events and changing ecosystems, the report also noted that despite interventions conducted in some countries of the region, in water harvesting and farming insurance, there is still a pressing need to establish land and resources management and plans to address increased population and utilization of marginal lands in the region.
According to the performance of seasonal climate over the region during the period between June and August 2017, most of the rains in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) are mainly concentrated in the northern sector with the average precipitation ranging above between 100 and 200 mm.
According to official estimates, which highlight hotpots areas in the region, the droughts of 2011, 2015 and 2016 increased needs, with north-eastern, south, and south-eastern Ethiopia, northern and coastal Kenya, and most of Somalia being the most affected areas especially in the northern, equatorial and southern segments of the region.
It is said that in September 2016, La Nina affected 23 million people across the region before reaching a peak of 27 million in July 2017.
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