Garissa County is classified to be in Stressed (IPC Phase 2) with a majority of the households having minimally adequate food consumption but unable to afford some essential non-food expenditures. Parts of the pastoral livelihood zones in areas of Ijara/ Hulugho, Dadaab, Balambala and Lagdera sub counties are classified in the Crisis (IPC Phase 3) phase having significant food consumption gaps, high and above usual acute malnutrition and experiencing adverse effects of drought on water and pasture availability. The formal employment livelihood zone remains in the Minimal (IPC Phase 1) phase of food insecurity. A significant proportion of households (17%) have poor food consumption with a significant proportion of households employing coping strategies (20%) across the pastoral and agro – pastoral livelihood zones.
