No one's waiting: Farmers are driving climate adaptation one solution at a time
In Kenya's Bomet County, farmers Doreen and Edwin Mitey are pushing the frontiers of climate adaptation-and inspiring fellow farmers to do the same. Facing longer dry-season droughts, intense storms, and emerging crop diseases, they have responded with creative, practical solutions. They downsized t...
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| description | In Kenya's Bomet County, farmers Doreen and Edwin Mitey are pushing the frontiers of climate adaptation-and inspiring fellow farmers to do the same. Facing longer dry-season droughts, intense storms, and emerging crop diseases, they have responded with creative, practical solutions. They downsized their herd, shifted from maize to sorghum silage, diversified their crops, harvested more rainwater, and began crossbreeding cows toward adaptive breeds. Their innovations form part of the International Livestock Research Institute's (ILRI) Climate Adaptation Pioneers program, which identifies and supports farmers already developing scalable, locally appropriate solutions through the Pioneer Positive Deviance (P-PD) model. The approach connects farmers through peer learning networks, empowering them to adapt productively to climate change. So far, it has reached over 28,000 households in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Colombia, improving livestock health, feed availability, and resilience-proving that farmers' knowledge can drive lasting climate solutions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1774192025-10-30T05:53:06Z No one's waiting: Farmers are driving climate adaptation one solution at a time Evans, Monica adaptation dairy farming In Kenya's Bomet County, farmers Doreen and Edwin Mitey are pushing the frontiers of climate adaptation-and inspiring fellow farmers to do the same. Facing longer dry-season droughts, intense storms, and emerging crop diseases, they have responded with creative, practical solutions. They downsized their herd, shifted from maize to sorghum silage, diversified their crops, harvested more rainwater, and began crossbreeding cows toward adaptive breeds. Their innovations form part of the International Livestock Research Institute's (ILRI) Climate Adaptation Pioneers program, which identifies and supports farmers already developing scalable, locally appropriate solutions through the Pioneer Positive Deviance (P-PD) model. The approach connects farmers through peer learning networks, empowering them to adapt productively to climate change. So far, it has reached over 28,000 households in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Colombia, improving livestock health, feed availability, and resilience-proving that farmers' knowledge can drive lasting climate solutions. 2025-10-22 2025-10-30T05:46:39Z 2025-10-30T05:46:39Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177419 en Open Access International Livestock Research Institute Evans, M. 2025. No one's waiting: Farmers are driving climate adaptation one solution at a time. Blog Post. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI. |
| spellingShingle | adaptation dairy farming Evans, Monica No one's waiting: Farmers are driving climate adaptation one solution at a time |
| title | No one's waiting: Farmers are driving climate adaptation one solution at a time |
| title_full | No one's waiting: Farmers are driving climate adaptation one solution at a time |
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| title_short | No one's waiting: Farmers are driving climate adaptation one solution at a time |
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| topic | adaptation dairy farming |
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