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How smallholder farmers adapt to climate change: Stories from East Africa—Emily Marigu Ireri
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
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| Author | Ireri, E.M. |
| Description | Oh how sweet those potatoes can be! Faced with a changing climate, Kenyan farmer Emily Marigu Ireri diversified her crops to drive away hunger and poverty. Instead of only growing maize and beans in her farm, she now also plants sweet potatoes, regular potatoes and cassava. The sweet potatoes are now even more important to her than the regular crops maize and beans. The rainfall pattern is changing, and she changes with it, in order to sustain herself, her family and the farm (Emily Marigu Ireri—Kiaragana Village Njeru-ri, Kenya) |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/183159e5-34b5-4866-bb04-f53a8eeecf01 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security |
| Publisher Date | 2010-11-09 |
| Publisher Place | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Climate-smart Technologies AND Practices Climate Services AND Safety Nets |
| Content Type | Video |
| Resource Type | Video Lecture |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |
