This farmer 'planted blindly' in a changing climate. A weather app came to his rescue
Briefly

In the last five or six years, the weather patterns shifted, largely due to a changing climate. Nzioka had no way of knowing when it would rain.
Like millions of other farmers across Kenya, Nzioka doesn't have a smartphone, so he cannot simply look up a five-day forecast.
More than a year ago, Nzioka's fortunes changed: His phone begins to ring. He has just received a message explaining the expected rainfall.
The message also suggests whether to look for potential pests, irrigate or not, fertilize or not. And so that helps me manage my farm better.
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