Climate change adaptive capacity and smallholder farming in Trans-Mara East sub-County, Kenya

Geoenvironmental Disasters

Table 2 Drought occurrences in Trans-Mara East sub-county from 2000 to 2015

Date (Years)	Duration (Months)	Severity^a	Response frequency (%)
2000	4	Very high	61
2003	3	Very high	73
2005/6	3	High	65
2011	5	Very high	69
2013	2	Low	62
2015	3	Low	71

Severity^a: low reduced human and livestock feed resources and water, high depleted human and livestock feed resources and water, very high leading to direct and indirect loss of livestock and human lives. (Source: Field Data, 2017)