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New technologies that are helping farmers adapt to climate change

Bag farming which is the growing vegetables in both gunny and sisal bags. Bag farming is a very productive way to utilise small areas of land. In addition to improving food security by increasing the number of leafy vegetables that can be grown per square metre.

Young farmers in Kenya experience several challenges including lack of land, money and unpredictable weather patterns. While many of them can be solved by human action, some, like the weather, are impossible to control or influence.

For instance, the growing phenomenon of global warming and resultant climate change is bound to have the greatest impact on farming communities all over the world.

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