Taveta WASH Market assessment report

Livelihoods are understood as the collective or set of capabilities, assets, and activities that are required to make a living, dependent on access to natural, human, physical, financial, social, and cultural capital (assets). Multiple stressors that occur simultaneously and in sequence will often result in grossly undermined livelihoods which impact on the affected populace in distinct ways due to inequalities and differential vulnerabilities. These multifaceted stresses and shocks end up contributing significantly to livelihood trajectories and poverty dynamics of the affected households either directly or indirectly. Noteworthy, agriculture plays a significant role in Kenya’s economy, yet in recent years the country has faced severe food insecurity problems that are attributed to several factors. The changing nature and frequency of extreme weather events induced by the climate crisis; drought, is shifting in Kenya, with the majority of Kenya’s income poor engaged in the agriculture sector as a source of livelihood, such stagnation of agricultural outputs continues to have a ripple effect.