Seaweed farming was first introduced in Kenya in 2008 and has expanded rapidly to cover 20 villages, David Mirera, a scientist at the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), said.

Villages on Kenya's coast have shifted from farming cassava and maize to seaweed as the effects of climate change make it harder to make a living from the land, reflecting a trend of adaptation ...

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In Kenya’s Mwazaro village, seaweed farming is replacing traditional crops hit by drought, with local farmers exporting to global markets. The growing industry is boosting livelihoods and ...

This underscores seaweed farming's potential to promote gender equity, improve food security, and strengthen local resilience to climate change.

Seaweed farming was first introduced in Kenya in 2008 and has expanded rapidly to cover 20 villages, David Mirera, a scientist at the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), said.

Conducted across 20 seaweed farms spanning five continents, the study confirms that seaweed farming can sequester carbon in the sediments below at rates comparable to vegetated coastal ecosystems ...

Residents of Kenya's coastal village of Mwazaro, once reliant on cassava and maize, have turned to seaweed farming after drought impacted their crops. They now plant seaweed on the beachfront and dry ...