UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 25 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - During a historic drought in northern Kenya, a pastoralist community turned to a food source it had long viewed as a fallback for people without livestock: fishing.
As herds dwindled and families struggled to obtain food, fishing on nearby Lake Turkana became increasingly common among the Daasanach. By the end of the drought, a livelihood once associated with poverty and social stigma had become an important source of food and income.
The shift is among the key findings of a new collaborative study - led by Penn State researchers and published in the journal Global Environmental Change - showing that prolonged drough...