Climate change is causing food scarcity in the Rwenzori region. Farmers there are no longer able to predict the seasons and so plan for the planting. They say that they are getting heavy rainfall with very strong winds, thunder, lightening and destructive hailstorms when expecting dry spells and that the effects have shortened the growing seasons for crops.
Human activities are to blame for the changes which have resulted in frequent floods and high temperatures. The change in the rainy seasons has troubled farmers who often lose their seeds because of continuous planting in expectation of favourable rainfall patterns.
A woman carrying firewood. Human activity like tree cutting for timber and charcoal is partly to blame for adverse effects on climate which is negatively affecting farming and people's income. Net photo
"Kasese as a district is prone to disasters ranging from droughts to floods because there is no good vegetation cover. And the ...