Times have changed for the Northern Region residents who have always relied on pastoralism as their main income earner.
With the weather conditions worsening with each passing year, the locals have had to adopt new ways of surviving and earning a living.
However, there is new hope as some locals have ventured into farming, albeit in small scale, which gives hope that farming can indeed be done.
Nadir group farm in Garissa is one farm that has given the locals hope that farming can be done to much success and provide for the heavily scarce food supply in the region.
The farm, which is on a 120 acre land in Kamuthe location of Fafi constituency has been providing food to over 100 farmers in the recent past.
The farm majorly uses water from Tana River through canal irrigation, and mainly grows bananas, onions and tomatoes, which are supplied to the nearest towns including Masalani.
Lack of water has been the main undoing for the farmers in the area, and it is estimated that the county has 44,100 acres of land along the Tana River Basin and only 5,121 acres of land along the basin is currently under irrigation.
Most of the farmers in the area have urged the government to inject more investments and find ways to improve and uplift their farming, saying this will go a long way in providing for the pastoralist communities.
Using this farm as a good example, it is clear that farming can be achieved in the area, if only the national and county government work together for this common course.