Climate change being a hard reality all over the world, Elgeyo Marakwet county has not been spared. EMC has experienced a drastic decline in yields due to unpredictable and inadequate rains. But with the introduction of conservation agriculture by FTMA in EMC with a focus on ripping to facilitate maximum utilization on available soil water and eliminate erosion, farmers now have hopes.

“I have never harvested beans like I harvested last season,” she commented “and I have never added fertilizer or manure to the soil when planting beans. In the beginning, I thought that this new way of farming was just a hoax. But I was really amazed by how the plants were of good vigour.”