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How Kenyan farmers are shaping a resilient future
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17.09.25

A land once forgotten
For decades, the plains of Nyando told a story of hardship. The soil was exhausted, the rains unpredictable, and the land lay idle or left only for grazing for over 30 years. Farmers tried to grow maize, but floods stagnate on topsoil during the rainy season creating water logging, and in the dry months, the earth cracked under the sun. Families abandoned their land and impacted their livelihood.
But today, something remarkable is happening.