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Pastoralists in arid counties now embrace farming amid climate shocks

[Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

For decades, the lack of pasture contributed to rampant conflicts and deaths in Samburu, Laikipia, and other parts of the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (Asals) as pastoralists would migrate with their animals during drought and invade farms and ranches.

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