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This is one of the oldest and most respected coffee producing areas in East Africa. The air is fresh and cool, and the hillside is dotted with broad prospects and sparkling waterfalls. But here comes the trouble. In fact, it's already at Massa's door.

There are two rainy seasons in Uganda's history, from March to May and from October to December. Small farms in East Africa like Massa have almost no irrigation, which means that reliable rainfall is a prerequisite for producing crops, including coffee. But in 2016, there was almost no rain in Massa in the second season, and when coffee was harvested in January, the yield was very low. 'it 's not a strange accident: the weather has been bad for the past few years,'he said.

"rainfall patterns have completely changed in the past 20 years," he said. "the rain always comes when you don't expect it. When you should be raining, it happens to be sunny or dry. "

As a result, Massa's family was in trouble. The food is simple and simple, usually centered on home-grown bananas. Drug treatment is a rare luxury. Plans to buy tools and fertilizers for the upcoming planting season have been put on hold. What bothers Massa most is that he can only send four of his five children to school. The eldest is a teenage boy, who should be equivalent to a junior in high school, living at home.

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