Writer at Reuters
When her community in central Kenya agreed to start paying to use irrigation water, farmer Teresiah Mugo thought she would finally be able to grow crops during the dry season.
It's early morning and Moses Njiru 43, has an array of household chores lined up before heading to his job as a cattle broker.
Farmers are fighting back against the prickly pear, a non-native, invasive plant which destroys the grass that feeds their animals.
Outside a small, secluded house in Maweni village, a group of about 150 farmers sat together in the sweltering heat to talk about a topic giving them all sleepless nights: water.
Outside a small, secluded house in Maweni village, a group of about 150 farmers sat together in the sweltering heat to talk about a topic giving them all sleepless nights: water.
