Building drought resilience in Garissa and Tana River Counties in Kenya
The Building Drought Resilience is implemented in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Garissa and Tana River counties in Kenya. The main objective of the project is to improve the resilience of dryland communities within a river catchment against the impacts of increasingly severe and frequent drought, through strengthened ecosystem management and adaptive capacity of local communities.
Throw it upwards in Kenya
Terrace farming on slopes helps conserve water. Along with other measures such as micro-dams, stone bunds and percolation pits, this can reduce surface runoff and increase soil moisture. One such system called Fanya juu terrace have expanded in several parts of East Africa, particularly in the Machachakos District in Kenya where 85% of the land is now terraced.
Nakuru's urban crop cultivators
More than a quarter of Nakuru households could be classified as ‘urban crop cultivators’ and about a fifth as ‘urban livestock keepers’. The cultivation of a vegetable, known as sukuma wiki, that is the local name for a green, leafy vegetable of the spinach variety (Spinacea oleracea) is very popular.
