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Traditionally, African farmers have used indigenous knowledge to understand weather and climate patterns and make decisions about crop and irrigation cycles. However, increased variability associated with climate change has reduced their confidence in traditional knowledge. Scientific weather forecasts, on the other hand, are formulated on a much larger scale and are presented in a manner unfamiliar to farmers. This creates a dilemma for those who recognize the limitations of traditional climate forecasts but are unable to use scientific ones. To address this problem, researchers will endeavor to integrate indigenous knowledge into scientific climate forecasts at the local level, where it can be used to enhance the resilience of communities vulnerable to climate change. The project will be carried out in Nganyi community in western Kenya, an area that is known to have a well-established system of traditional weather forecasting.
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