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Farmers diversify to sorghum to fight climate change effects

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Sylvester Achami inspects his sorghum field.

On a Friday mid-morning in Bulimba village, Busia, Jenifer Barasa is busily harvesting her sorghum crop. One by one, she cuts the well-filled grain heads, places them into a traditional tray, and takes them home to dry.

"It has been a promising season," she says, adding that she anticipates harvesting at least 100 kilogrammes of sorghum from the two varieties.

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