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How crop farmers can outsmart erratic rains

Nathan Lang’at, 30, from Sigotik village in Njoro Sub County.

Farmers are increasingly getting confused by the changing weather patterns and their easiest way out of this predicament is blaming the weatherman for not giving accurate predictions. But even for the department that is charged with predicting the weather and advising the farmers accordingly, it has been a challenge to get the facts right. So has climate change made it harder to accurately predict the weather, and what should farmers do to minimise the effects of erratic weather?

 

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