Indigenous crops take centre stage in drive to beat climate change

Farmers during training on value addition at the Kenya Industrial Research Development Institute, Kisumu. [Rachael Kibui, Standard]

Famers have been urged to embrace indigenous crops as a way of increasing access to diversified diets and ensuring productivity in the wake of climate change.

Over the years, in Kenya, monocropping of crops such as maize, and limited diet options have become common at the expense of traditional varieties, which are rich in nutrients and adaptive to local climate.