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Stephine Ogutu |
February 4th 2021 at 03:15:00 GMT +0300
Farmers disproportionately bear the burden of climate change and the unpredictable weather it brings. This is particularly true in Sub-Saharan Africa, where in the past year alone farmers in some areas have faced severe drought while others experienced heavy, unseasonal rains.
Timely and actionable information helps farmers maintain their source of food and income in a changing climate.
With support from USAID, a research team from the Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development at Egerton University, Kenya, has launched new research to evaluate the impacts of a government program that provides farmers weather and market information to their phones.
New Research in Kenya Tests Digital Advisories to Promote Resilience in Farming Communities
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Farmers disproportionately bear the burden of climate change and the extreme unpredictable weather it brings. This is particularly true in Sub-Saharan Africa, where in the past year alone farmers in some areas have faced severe drought while others experienced heavy, unseasonal rains. Timely and actionable information could help farmers to maintain their main source of food and income in a changing climate.
With support from USAID, a research team from the Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development at Egerton University, Kenya, has launched new research to evaluate the impacts of a government program that provides farmers weather and market information to their phones. This US $449,255 (KSH 49,597,752) three-year study is testing how access to weather and market advisories could help farmers adapt to climate change while increasing their overall productivity and resilie
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aWhere Partners with the Government of Kenya to Empower Farmers With Weather Services
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DENVER, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ aWhere, Inc, a leading provider of agricultural weather data and analytics, today announced a new agreement with the government of Kenya. Under the terms of the agreement, the Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) will gain use of aWhere s 6,787 virtual weather stations in Kenya for the next two years to provide advanced weather data and analytics that support climate-smart agricultural decisions as Kenya adapts to climate change.
KALRO launched a pioneering weather services platform in 2020, the Kenya Agriculture Observatory Platform (KAOP, https://www.kaop.co.ke/ ) to provide real-time access to local weather forecasts, observed rainfall and temperatures to inform farm operations. The platform also offers the ratio of precipitation to potential evapotranspiration (P/PET) that ind
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By Njoki Thuo Mwakughu | January 23rd 2021 at 01:00:00 GMT +0300
Exhibitors inspect the red onions during the annual East African Seeds Agricultural Farmers Field Day. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]
As the population grows and land spaces continue to shrink, the concern for smallholder farmers is the limited space for farming. Gone are the days when farmers used to have acres of arable land. Nowadays, due to sub-division, even a quarter of an acre is a blessing.
In the tropics where Kenya lies, intensive cropping is the ideal farming method with the current reality. Very few farmers can increase land sizes. Now that land increment is out of the question, how do you maximise your profits with limited space?