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Zimbabwe's farmers dig in to capture the deluge
2013-03-04 01:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: For the smallholder farmers in arid Esigodini, just south of Bulawayo, the heavy downpours that have hit the area in recent months have been a godsend. "We have not seen this much rain in years," said farmer Brenda Zulu. The rains first came in January, destroying homes and claiming lives as people were caught unawares. But farmers struggling to grow crops and raise livestock in the traditionally low-rainfall area surrounding Zimbabwe's second-largest city realised that if they could find a...
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