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Harsh weather: Our farmers need answers

Donkeys wade in flooded section in Ndeiya Limuru after long rain pounded the area. Farmers left them un attended for fear fear of being swept by the floods.18/11/2015.

Watching on TV the suffering livestock keepers went through as floods wreaked havoc, I was really moved. As an expert, my concern is how can our farmers be assisted to overcome the drought/floods challenges using the knowledge obtained from researchers.

Information search indicates that many organisations — governmental and NGOs are involved in search of solutions and different options have been proposed and tested with varying degrees of success.

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