What the Rains Remember
Na Neema Kessy · 5 Juni 2026
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Adaptation, where it is happening, looks less like technology and more like translation. Extension officers now sit with elders to build new planting calendars, blending forecast models with local knowledge of which valley floods first and which ridge dries fastest. Mzee Salum has switched to a faster millet and planted vetiver grass along his slopes. 'The weather has lost its manners,' he says. 'So we must get some.'
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