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Transforming East African Farming with Climate-Smart Villages

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Innovative Approach Boosting Resilience in East African Agriculture A remarkable model is empowering a particular community to collectively adapt to changing weather patterns through alternative farming practices. This initiative has successfully spared millions of farmers across East Africa from drought, revitalizing barren farms and mitigating the impact of climate change. Revolutionizing Agriculture: The Climate-Smart Villages …

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Local Adaptations: Smallholder Farmers Leading the Way in Climate Change Resilience

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Smallholder farmers are leading scientists in documenting some of the local interventions they are applying in combating changes in weather which have insulated them even as crop production falls. Research scientist Sarah Ogalleh Ayeri has been canvasing the villages of Laikipia County documenting methods used by peasant farmers as they attempt to adapt to changing …

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Fruit farming boon to drought-hit farmers

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The adoption of farming different fruits in Machakos, Kitui and Makueni counties, famously known as Ukambani or Eastern Kenya region is keeping alive hopes of many farmers from the region which has for years been threatened by poor harvesting. Most parts of the country especially eastern region for instance experienced below-normal rainfall that was mainly …

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WFP: Drought, fertiliser prices, & armyworm drop Kenya’s agri production 

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According to a World Food Programme report on Kenya’s food security outlook; drought, rising fertiliser prices, and armyworm attacks have led to a steep drop in agricultural production. Across marginal agricultural areas, the below-average and poorly distributed long rains resulted in below-average planted acreage and moisture stress. Crop failure was observed in Taita Taveta, Makueni, …

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Government purchasing 26,710 cattle to freely feed 267,210 households

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By George Munene The government-funded livestock destocking program has commenced in 13 drought-hit counties targeting the purchase and slaughter of over 26,710 cattle from herders to feed 267,210 households. This exercise will be conducted over six weeks and hopes to reduce the effects of the ongoing drought and reduce the loss of animal life. The …

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Horn of Africa facing the worst drought in 41 years

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By George Munene According to Ireland’s aid and humanitarian agency Concern Worldwide, the Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought since 1981.  This has left over 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia facing severe hunger and water shortages. Of this, up to 5.5 million children are acutely malnourished and face the prospect …

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Rising temperatures lead to proliferation of coffee diseases

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The rise in temperatures due to climate change is leading to the proliferation of the coffee berry borer, one of the crop’s most devastating pests, leading to losses in coffee production at a time when coffee has started to gain its lost glory, scientists at International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology have warned. Researchers …

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