Indigenous knowledge in weather forecasting: Lessons to build climate resilience in East Africa

Farmers and pastoralists across East Africa use a combination of meteorological, biological and astrological indicators to predict weather and to make important agricultural production decisions.

It is increasingly emerging that the provision of context-specific and user-friendly weather forecasting information determines the resilience of farmers and pastoralists to variability and climate change. In East Africa, provision of local specific, reliable, timely and user-friendly modern weather information services that effectively addresses the needs of farmers and pastoralists are limited. Farmers and pastoralists depend mainly on indigenous weather forecasting practices to inform their agricultural and pastoral practices and decisions.

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