Ugandan coffee farmer Allan Green is deploying modern technology like drip irrigation and artificial mulching to beat the effects of climate change which is making production of the crop increasingly tougher in Africa's top exporter of the bean.

Boasting of success in applying His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s science to build affordable, durable and effective check dams made of soil cement in five northeastern provinces in the Che river basin, the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has invited people to apply this model and expand use of solar-powered water pumps and drip irrigation systems.