For the average small-scale farmer who plants most of his or her land with tea, deepening poverty is a real risk.

So ETP is advising growers to take a tip from Alice Kariuki.

"No, you cannot grow all the tea. You need the tea, you need the maize for eating. If you plant all the tea, you shall not have much money," she said.

Kariuki's half-hectare plot is jam-packed with not just tea, but cabbages, broccoli, maize and more. She has invested in cows, chickens and goats, and a biogas unit that turns their manure into cooking fuel.

"The animal is giving me milk, money, biogas," said Kariuki.

ETP and others support training for farmers like Kariuki, so she can share her knowledge with her neighbors.

It's going slowly so far, but Steven Mwaniki is optimistic.

"The worst we could have done was to keep silent and pretend as if there is no climate change. But it is good our farmers have realized climate change is with us. And it goes without saying we have to do something," he said.

Something they hope will keep Kenya's tea industry going strong.

Vocabulary

scorching：灼热的

broccoli：花椰菜

【Farmers Brace for Climate Change】相关文章：

★ Miracle happens

★ Cherish rest of your life

★ A Miracle of Tears

★ Everything happens for the best

★ The Best Love

★ Praying for Rainfall

★ Messages of hope for working class

★ Just Two For Breakfast

★ My Irreplaceable Treasure 1

★ Don't Let Weakness Limit Your possibilities