The obstacle we face is changes in weather conditions. This is due to the presence of a low rain season and a high sunny season. My parents are farmers of low scale farming. In this year, we have experienced low rain and long summer seasons which haven?t helped in the growth of their crop plants. This made my family produce very little food that will not be enough for the family expenditures.
The presence of low rain prevented the plants grown by my parents and other farmers from growing well and some died due to lack of rain. Also, some livestock kept in our village, like cattle goats and sheep, die due to lack of grasses and water. Some of them drink dirty water which makes them sick and die.
On my side, the effect I got was the occurrence of some diseases and also the death of some livestock and crop plants. I grow vegetables and they die due to lack of rain since in our village we depend on rainfall to get water for our plant.
From what I experienced this year, I learned to not put both legs in one bucket. That means not to depend on one thing, for example, to not depend on rainfall only. Sometimes we have to plant different varieties of crops. Also, I learned to know the changes in atmosphere or climatic changes sometimes make the diseases occur. For example, due to high rainfall, malaria may erupt. Also due to low rainfall or no rainfall at all, people get flu due to presence of dust. Some people die due to high temperatures. This year it has been announced that it will be a high hot temperature season.