Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Maasai women turn drought into income through fodder farming in
Tanzania
Maasai people live in Kenya and northern Tanzania. They traditionally
make their living by herding livestock, mainly cattle, goats, and sheep. When drought
hit the region, they would lose their livestock. Traditionally, Maasai women
are responsible not only for managing domestic duties and raising children but
also for building homes and milking livestock. Recently, they came up with
drought-resistant livestock fodder, which not only feeds their livestock but
also generates money. It is part of the climate-adaptation initiatives that are
coordinated by the Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC), a women-led membership
organization that serves over 450,000 Maasai pastoralists, whose lives and
wealth mostly rely on their animals. When climate change accelerates, people of
all kinds and ages need to adapt their living to more severe extreme weather
conditions.
Read the article and learn about Maasai women’s initiative to survive and
thrive during droughts.
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