How are Ethiopian pastoralists percieving current climate trends?
A team of students from Cornell University set out to investigate, among other things, pastoralist's perceptions of climate trends in Ethiopia. Photo:…
Category Archives: Drought
New options for flood control could help during dry spells
Last year’s record flooding in the Chao Phraya River’s watershed caused $40 billion in damages and left one third of Thailand—including parts of Bangkok, the capital and largest city—underwater for weeks. The prolonged media coverage, however, completely drowned out most recollections of the record drought that the country experienced in 2010.
Livestock insurance – a chance to outsmart drought?
New satellite-based scheme makes first payments to pastoralists What hits you when you get out of the truck at Ginda Village, in Northern Kenya, is the smell. Farmer Haro Sora’s land is littered with the carcasses of cattle and donkeys that have keeled over following an intense, prolonged drought. A skull here; half a ribcage
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Teak trees or food crops: Will climate change force farmers to make a choice?
One or two generations ago, smallholder farmers might have grown food crops mainly to feed their own families. But those days are gone. Farmers are looking more and more for cash income.
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