Despair in Mmadinare as ploughing season ends
Friday, February 13, 2015
![Square one: Some farmers have resorted to donkey- drawn ploughs for tillage](https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.mmegi.bw/uploads/imported_images/2015/february/13/php488F.tmp.jpg&w=400&q=72&f=jpg&t=1)
Square one: Some farmers have resorted to donkey- drawn ploughs for tillage
As the ploughing seasons ends this week, despair has set in in Mmadinare, as most farmers are yet to plant, despite tilling the soil last October.
Yields are expected to be lower than the previous year and farmers blame the tractor owners engaged by government to till their fields, under the Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agricultural Development (ISPAAD).
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