Catherine Kamanu, a young farmer from central Kenya, fears the country will be faced with a looming famine due to failed rains and the supplies shortage caused by the war in Ukraine but she has been preparing for such emergencies over the past few years.
Kamanu has an online community of about 28,000 followers, who are mainly smallholder farmers struggling to sustain and improve yields. She trains them on simple technologies that can help them get there.
For instance, she said, the war in Ukraine has caused a global shortage of fertilizers, including in Kenya. The few supplies available on the market are not affordable to most smallholder farmers.