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Caroline Wambui

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Caroline Wambui is a freelance journalist

January 16, 2023

Crop of the future? More climate-hit Kenyans count on fish farmingClimate Risks
A fishmonger, prepares fish at Dunga beach on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kisumu, Kenya March 18, 2020

When farmer Elijah Murithi grew bananas in the 1980s and 1990s, central Kenya's increasingly erratic weather meant he could rarely make a steady income from the thirsty crop.

Prolonged dry spells killed Murithi's young plants and long, intense rainy periods produced a glut of bananas that forced him to lower his prices to sell them in the market.

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