Emily Marigu Ireri's Sweet Potatoes - Kiaragana Village Njeru-ri - Kenya

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 no...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Format: Video
Language:Inglés
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75110
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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. Read Emily's story on our blog https://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog/climate-change-adaptation-what-we-can-learn-emily-marigu-farmer-kenya
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spelling CGSpace751102016-05-30T05:12:44Z Emily Marigu Ireri's Sweet Potatoes - Kiaragana Village Njeru-ri - Kenya CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security climate change agriculture food security 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. Read Emily's story on our blog https://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog/climate-change-adaptation-what-we-can-learn-emily-marigu-farmer-kenya 2010-11-09 2016-05-30T05:12:44Z 2016-05-30T05:12:44Z Video https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75110 en Open Access CCAFS. 2010. Emily Marigu Ireri's Sweet Potatoes - Kiaragana Village Njeru-ri - Kenya.
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Emily Marigu Ireri's Sweet Potatoes - Kiaragana Village Njeru-ri - Kenya
title Emily Marigu Ireri's Sweet Potatoes - Kiaragana Village Njeru-ri - Kenya
title_full Emily Marigu Ireri's Sweet Potatoes - Kiaragana Village Njeru-ri - Kenya
title_fullStr Emily Marigu Ireri's Sweet Potatoes - Kiaragana Village Njeru-ri - Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Emily Marigu Ireri's Sweet Potatoes - Kiaragana Village Njeru-ri - Kenya
title_short Emily Marigu Ireri's Sweet Potatoes - Kiaragana Village Njeru-ri - Kenya
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topic climate change
agriculture
food security
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