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Video- Kenya Indigenous trees

Video- Kenya Indigenous trees

JOAN Wandegi Nthiga is one of a growing number of Kenyan farmers adopting the agroforestry practice of planting endangered indigenous trees alongside food crops to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, soil degradation, and biodiversity loss. In eastern Kenya, a small group of friends gathered at the farm of Joan Wandegi Nthiga. They're discussing the weather, a common topic of conversation these days. Much has changed in the area, in the past few decades. "The geography has changed dramatically since we started cultivating here over 40 years ago," Nthiga says. Like many other parts of the country and region,…
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Kenyan farmers tap apps to ride out COVID-19 and climate storm

Kenyan farmers tap apps to ride out COVID-19 and climate storm

WESLEY LANGAT OVER the past year, Wilson Lang'at has made a steady profit from his farm in Koiyet village, managing to get the seeds and fertiliser he needs, planning ahead for droughts and floods, and borrowing money to diversify his crops - all through his phone. His experience is not the norm, as most farmers across Kenya have struggled with the double hit of extreme weather shrinking their yields and coronavirus lockdowns and curfews choking off access to supplies and demand for their produce. Until two years ago, the 46-year-old father of six traded cows while growing maize on the…
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Kenyan farmers and young guides enlisted to protect city forests

Kenyan farmers and young guides enlisted to protect city forests

KAGONDU NJAGI  PETER Wainana remembers when the forest near his home outside Kenya's capital, Nairobi, was so thick with trees and vegetation it was difficult to walk through. Today, Thogoto forest, on Nairobi's northwest edge, is dotted with open spaces that locals and environmentalists say have been illegally cleared of trees by loggers and property developers, Wainana said. The destruction motivated the 49-year-old to join with a dozen other farmers from Karinde village to protect Thogoto's trees through projects such as bamboo farming and beekeeping. "Everybody wants a piece of this forest because it is near the capital city. Rich…
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