There is this adage: one’s misfortune is another’s opportunity. We’ve witnessed many practical examples of it for instance with the COVID millionaires, people who were making a killing as the rest of humanity were being affected both directly and indirectly by the COVID-19 pandemic. But in the recent months I’ve seen something similar to that, […]
Growing up in Western Kenya I only heard of droughts from the radio and saw it on TV but to be honest, I had never experienced it. Back then people and livestock dying because of hunger and famine was something that happened somewhere else. In my part of the country, a drought that goes for
I know there are many farmers out there who are already struggling to put food on the table because of the many challenges the world is facing today. But today, in this post, I’ll be mentioning only two farmers who I think I have credible evidence to support and conclude that their livelihoods are at
Sometimes I get pissed at farmers in this region for not taking dairy farming as serious as farmers in other regions in this country. And I don’t know whether to think of it merely as carelessness or ignorance. Why don’t our farmers understand that things have changed, and we are no longer in our grandparents
Last Saturday I was talking to a dairy farmer in my village about his business and some of the challenges he faces, while literally standing standing outside the fence. He had of course invited me in but I was in a bit of a hurry and politely declined, so I had to conduct the interview
