The North and North eastern parts of Kenya mostly dominated the Gabra, Borana, Somali, Oromo, Samburu and Turkana people are well known for pastoralism since time immemorial. To them cattle provide both milk and meat; and similarly important for cultural rituals as well as social status. With the unpredictability in climate characterized long dry spells and hotter weather than before, the lengthy droughts have caused more damage and losses with the cattle, sheep and goats hugely affected. This has directly impacted on the communities’ livelihoods. As such there has been a more recent shift. Communities have started switching to more climate resilient options; rearing camels. Camels require less water, feed on a wide variety of vegetation and produce up to six times more milk than indigenous cattle species.
Our Intervention:
Farm Integrate Africa’s agenda is to support the transformative adaptation supporting communities shift from cattle to camels in the face of a changing climate. Through partnerships with funding organizations as well as Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOS), to grant loans to its members to fund the project initiates, we also provide technical and expert advice on value chain improvement while linking the communities to markets for their products/produce.
