Burning of charcoal, overgrazing and clearing of vegetation to create land for cultivation of crops along the Kerio escarpment are just some of the human activities that have resulted in the destruction of the environment, leading to devastating consequences in the Kerio Valley.
These activities have led to not only loss of life and property as a result of landslides when it rains but also formation of deep gulleys which often cut off roads, disrupting economic activities.
As residents strive to create more land for agriculture, their very action results in reduced productivity as the top soils are washed away, leaving the land bare.
This is the situation that Dominic Kemboi, a resident from Kerio Valley working with the NGO Restore Africa Program is seeking to reverse by adopting the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) system, a farmer-driven land restoration initiative.
