Longer and more frequent periods of drought, new pests invading crops… the consequences of climate change are making life difficult for Tanzanian farmers. Some are turning to agroecology to become more resilient while respecting the environment.
By Sophie Decaestecker
UA cloud of dust, red and opaque, rises and engulfs everything in its path for a few seconds. “It’s because it’s very dry,” says the driver of the white four-wheel drive on the rugged tracks of northern Tanzania. In the district of Karatu, not far from the big city of Arusha, the landscape is desert, marked by this scarlet dust, where nothing grows. We are however on November 9, in the middle of the short rainy season which generally occurs between October and December. Until then, the water has not yet flowed. These rainy seasons have been delayed or shortened for a few years.
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