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AlertNet: Kenyan herders switch to farming as droughts worsen
Cattle graze near thorn trees in Eremit in Kenya's southern Rift Valley on July 21, 2007.Frequent droughts are causing a share of Kenya's cattle herders to abandon their longstanding tradition of livestock farming in favour of growing crops, in an effort to increase their income.
Poor rainfall over the past several years, likely related to climate change, has resulted in increasing levels of hunger and poverty in the east African country,......
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Kenyan herders switch to farming as droughts worsen
Posted by AlertNet: Gitonga Njeru on July 7th, 2011
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