Rose Rono has lived and farmed in Limuru, Kiambu County, in Central Kenya for the last ten years.
In a good season, she says she harvests ten bags of corn weighing from her two-acre maize farm. Each bag weighs 90 kilograms.
But for the last three seasons, she has realized dismal harvests because of failed rains.
“This season is the worst. I will not harvest any corn as I’m planning to sell these stalks to livestock farmers so that I can at least get something from my farm,” says Mrs. Rono.
She is not alone.
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