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Dry land farmers outsmart climate shocks with innovation

Professor Mary Mburu (centre) from South Eastern Kenya University (Seku) with livestock keepers Judah Loontasati (right) and Antony Mutua. [Philip Muasya/Standard]

Owing to adverse effects of climate change, water scarcity has become the latest curse for many farmers in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (Asal). With depressed rains in recent years, rain-fed agriculture has become highly unreliable as crops dry up before maturity due to erratic rains.

However, amid these vagaries, innovative farmers in the three counties of Ukambani as well as pastoralists in Kajiado County have devised ingenious ways to keep hunger pangs at bay.

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