Community

Indicators of changing climate and variability

Buyuni

・ Decreasing trend of rainfall

o Unpredictable

・ Increasing incidences of droughts

o Increasing food insecurity

Chanika

・ Unpredictable rainfall patterns compared to early 1990s

o Vuli (Oct/Nov-December)

o Masika (Mar/April-June)

・ Failure to predict on-set of rain season using the following traditional indicators/indigenous knowledge

o Moon direction

o Appearance of cluster of stars (kilimia na Mpini wa Kata)

o Occurrence of insects (Mzungu, Nyenze)

o Appearance of certain types of clouds

・ Increasing temperature trends