EU project brings relief to Mwenezi, Mozambique cattle farmers

Source: EU project brings relief to Mwenezi cattle farmers | The Standard (Zimbabwe Stories) The bales are high in nutrient and improve cattle condition before direct sales BY TATENDA CHITAGU Year in and year out, Hlekani Chauke from Lapache, Mwenezi’s ward 16, under Chief Maranda, loses his cattle to poverty- related deaths, especially lack of pastures. Occasionally he would sell his trudging cattle at low prices and very often, unscrupulous middlemen and butchery owners came along and ripped him off. His animals struggled despite the fact that Chauke lives less than two kilometres from the perennially flowing Mwenezi River, which is almost always bursting its banks with under-utilised water trapped by a weir. “Every year, our cattle herd gets depleted due to drought. I had almost given up on cattle, but I had no other options in this area which is not good for crops. “Setting up irrigation systems was more a dream than reality. “Today, however, we are in a new dawn and our ...