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Kenya’s pastoralists reach out for carbon cash
Posted by AlertNet: David Njagi on February 16th, 2012
AlertNet: If the promise of earning carbon credits is realised, Nixon Parnisa counts himself among hundreds of pastoralists likely to profit from a new revenue stream.
The herder already has an anaerobic digester at his home in Kitengela, about 120 km (75 miles) northeast of Lake Magadi, in southern Kenya. The machine uses livestock waste to produce biogas for cooking and lighting.
But now Parnisa is looking beyond saving money on fuel. He hopes to increase his income by joining a scheme to adapt herding...
Solar weather stations alert Kenyan farmers to drought
Posted by AlertNet: David Njagi on September 8th, 2011
AlertNet: Kenya's drought crisis is boosting demand among poor farming communities for solar-powered weather stations that can help them cope with increasingly erratic weather.
From corporate-led crop insurance schemes to government investment in early warning systems, solar energy is being tapped as an affordable and green power source for devices that capture valuable weather and climate data in rural locations.
Ann Bwisa, a farmer in Tuuti village, near the western town of Kakamega, is benefiting...
Drought-hit Kenya struggles to provide for Somali refugees
Posted by AlertNet: David Njagi on July 4th, 2011
AlertNet: A Somali refugee woman stands with her children outside their makeshift shelter at Dagahaley camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border, Apr. 3 2011. At a camp near Dadaab, a town in northeast Kenya, 35-year-old Sahara Abdi clutches a worn envelope outside the refugee affairs department, hoping her request to be transferred to another camp in the northwest will be processed soon.
The Somali mother of six has been arguing her case at the office since March. She wants to be reunited with relatives...
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