His village

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Kaunga Mashi village where Nyambe lives is normally a green and fertile place. In November 2003 the farmers planted their precious seed as normal. They expected the rains to come soon. The rains didn't come on time and much of the seed died. Seed costs a lot of money and Nyambe's family, like other poor families, had no money to buy more seed. This meant they would have no food to eat for the coming year.

Climate change is making it harder for poor farmers to know when to plant seeds. This means hunger and famines will be more common in the future.