Bill Gates on his experience with a smallholder farmer
In Kenya, Bill Gates visited with a smallholder farmer using new tools and practices to fight back against climate change.
I planted drought-tolerant seeds, fed and weighed chickens, and used a mobile phone to monitor weather forecasts and local crop prices.
These were a few of the chores I was given during my visit with Mary Mathuli, a smallholder farmer in rural Kenya.
I stopped at her home in Makueni County, south-east of Nairobi, during my recent trip to Kenya to better understand how farmers like Mary are faring in the face of climate change.
I arrived expecting to hear her talk about the record droughts and smaller harvests many farmers are experiencing throughout Africa.
Instead, to my surprise, she led me out to her fields to show off the innovations that are allowing her to continue to grow crops and earn an income to support her family, despite the drastic changes in rainfall and weather patterns.
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