CGIAR Climate
Visit to Edward Ouko's climate-smart farm site in Western Kenya
In May 2014 we had the privilege to visit Edward Ouko's climate-smart farm site in Western Kenya, outside of Kisumu. Edward uses his farm as a learning site, to train other farmers in how they can diversify their crops, grow hybrid seeds better suited for a hotter and dryer climate as well as testing new hybrid animals such as goats that produce milk and more meat. He receives training and support from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS EA) and partners such as CARE, Vi Forestry and other research institutions like Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, all partners of CCAFS. Together with these organizations he is trying to see how other small scale farmers, like himself, can adapt to climate change through various measures. He might hold the key to long-term climate adaptation for farmers in Kenya.
Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)
Visit to Edward Ouko's climate-smart farm site in Western Kenya
In May 2014 we had the privilege to visit Edward Ouko's climate-smart farm site in Western Kenya, outside of Kisumu. Edward uses his farm as a learning site, to train other farmers in how they can diversify their crops, grow hybrid seeds better suited for a hotter and dryer climate as well as testing new hybrid animals such as goats that produce milk and more meat. He receives training and support from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS EA) and partners such as CARE, Vi Forestry and other research institutions like Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, all partners of CCAFS. Together with these organizations he is trying to see how other small scale farmers, like himself, can adapt to climate change through various measures. He might hold the key to long-term climate adaptation for farmers in Kenya.
Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)