Dr Elena Rossi
agronomist
Practical; crop choice must match the climate
Dry Season
Debts are high, the rains have failed twice and his uncles want to sell. Kofi learns drought-resilient farming and water management, and joins a cooperative that changes how the whole valley farms.
Planned · not started yet
Environment & sustainability Living with uncertainty Family duty Small town Tense Bracing
The premise
Debts are high, the rains have failed twice and his uncles want to sell. Kofi learns drought-resilient farming and water management, and joins a cooperative that changes how the whole valley farms.
The protagonist
Kofi Yeboah-Zielinski — Young farmer inheriting land in Laikipia during a multi-year drought
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Dr Samuel Nkemelu
hydrologist
Analytical; water budgets decide futures
Hugh Aldridge
farm economist
Cautious; farm finances need long horizons
How the story moves
Three growing seasons of drought and recovery; the cooperative founded in Book 5 changes the prospects of the whole valley.
What readers take away
- Drought-resilient crops
- Rainwater harvesting
- Soil conservation
- Farm finance and debt
- Cooperatives and collective marketing
- Climate adaptation planning
- Livestock management in drought
- Accessing extension services
- Use drought-tolerant varieties
- Plan conservation agriculture
- Use mobile weather services
- Access crop insurance
The books
- 1Inheritance Planned
- 2First season Planned
- 3Water Planned
- 4Harvest Planned
- 5Cooperative Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.