As the drought in Kenya persists, pastoralists in the region are struggling as millions of livestock die and vast swaths of crops perish. Food insecurity affects approximately 4.4 million people in the country. International food agencies have described the situation as a dire humanitarian crisis, emphasizing the critical need to strengthen communities' resilience to adapt to and cope with drought. Mongabay interviews David Leilei, a Kenyan soil biologist at the World Agroforestry Centre, about the agroecological techniques and strategies that pastoralists and the government can use to restore healthy soils and encourage productive farming. Mary Njenga, a research scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre who works with 1,200 households in northern Kenya, also discusses climate-resilient strategies with Mongabay.