now climate change of course has
impacted several countries across the
globe . Kenya’s agricultural lands have
been severely affected by change in
weather patterns. these lands are drying
out and turning Barren drought has left
Farmers without crops . they’re relied on
these crops for Generations, here’s
report for more details.
these fields used to provide a regular
Harvest to the people ,who farmed them
but no more,
a four-year-long drought has hit Kenya
hard.
last year the country had to wait for
rainfall till December.
normally the showers come in October or
November.
this time not only the rains came late,
but also it was lower than average.
it’s a devastating blow for the farmers.
most of them sank over 400 dollars in
this planting season alone.
since I was young , my father used to get
a bounty harvest in this Farm , but now
there seems to be a change in climate.
and the rains are no longer Dependable. I
will not Harvest anything not even a
single sack of maize, as possible I have
cultivated four or slightly above 3
acres. and the expense I incurred is not
recoverable and I’m not the only one,
every farmer in this area has lost
everything.
the plants have withered and the Maize
has turned to dry husks . elderly Farmers
have seen the weather change over their
lifetime . most of them practice
subsistence farming on their land, but it
seems like this way of life won’t
survive much longer.
some Farmers have given up planting
crops at all. it’s not worth the expense
just to see them fail.
the issue of climate change from
the experts and from what we have seen
as a mature organization is that, it is
here with us that ,this is going to
happen, it is going to continue maybe
even become worse. so for us as
communities as Farmers as partially then,
we have to adapt and find out ways that
will make us survive. more the old ways
of doing things are not going to work.
the old Seasons that we know are not
going to work. so we have to trust in
science,
climate change experts .and humanitarian
Aid organizations are warning that Kenya
May sink into the worst drought
situation ever.
more than 4 million people could be in
need of sustained humanitarian food
assistance in Kenya for the whole of
2022.
experts say an average of 200 000 to 300
000 households currently need support.
as the situation deteriorates the little
remaining food baskets will run dry.
purchasing power of households are
likely to deteriorate, due to low
agricultural labor opportunities as well,
the value of livestock are also
continuing to decline and staple food
prices are set to go up. this will plunge
the whole country into a food crisis.