Like many other smallholder farmers spread across the water-stressed counties of Machakos, Makueni and Kitui, in Kenya’s lower eastern region, Munini is staring at a massive crop loss. Prolonged dry spells have for years threatened the food security and livelihoods of many rural families in the region who depend entirely on rain for their agricultural production. Here, most smallholder farmers typically plant farm-saved maize seeds, which lack the attributes to tolerate harsher droughts, extreme heat or water stress. With such conditions, farmers can hardly harvest any maize.

El proyecto WEMA ayuda a los pequeños agricultores a enfrentar dos de sus grandes problemas, gracias a los híbridos de maíz resistentes a insectos y tolerantes a sequía.

Para los mexicanos, el maíz está entrelazado con su vida, su historia y sus tradiciones. No es solo un cultivo, sino el centro de su identidad.