Woman farmer increases resiliency to the effects of drought by planting fodder fields
Date Published:
July 3, 2012
Asha Adan, a mother of five boys, has farmed in the arid north of Kenya’s Coast Province for the past 15 years, producing mostly fruit crops and, more recently, rearing cattle. She is the Secretary of the Al-Mukaram farm, near the bridge that connects Garissa and Madogo. The group farm has 50 members, 20 women and 30 men, and 192 acres of land of which about 56 are currently under cultivation.
A devout Muslim who seeks knowledge, Asha traveled to Garissa District to visit a fodder production demonstration plot at the Al-Rahma farm.
