Long-term weather forecasting tools are helping tomato farmers rake in its promised millions and avoid the perennial losses experienced by other farmers. With climate change causing increasingly irregullar rainfall patterns, the only certainty about tomato prices for Kenyan farmers has been their uncertainty. Prices can swing from as low as Sh15 a kilo to over …
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An investigation on the impact of climate change on Kenyan coffee farmers warned that 93 per cent of growers had experienced the effects of climate change in the form of more erratic rainfall and an increase in pests and diseases. The survey conducted in Kenya’s coffee heartland of Nyeri, Kirinyaga, and Embu counties alarmingly noted …
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Climate change is decreasing available soil moisture which has major impacts on sub-Sahara Africa’s food production. 10 per cent of currently arable land that previously didn’t lack moisture is expected to be affected. This will reduce farmers’ yields and increase farming costs by necessitating investment in irrigation. Further, if not well managed temperature-driven decline in …
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According to the Kenya Meteorological Department, it is expected that most parts of the country will experience enhanced (above average) rainfall and El Nino conditions for the typically short rains October-November-December (OND) season. “It is a 99 per cent certainty that most of Kenya’s counties will experience higher-than-average rainfall, informed Dr. David Gikungu, Kenya Met …
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Farmers in Highlands West of the Rift Valley, Lake Victoria Basin, Central, and South Rift Valley areas should take advantage of the dry spells expected within August to harvest their produce to reduce post-harvest losses. According to the Kenya Meteorological Department, relatively reduced rainfall (near to below average) is expected in these regions over the …
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