Farmers want slice of P97m FMD budget

At Jackalas 1 in Zone 6B, the silence around cattle kraals is louder than words. Where livestock once moved freely and small businesses thrived on the back of beef sales, fear, uncertainty and shrinking incomes now dominate. Farmers, vendors and butchery owners here say they feel forgotten, even as government announced a P97 million allocation to respond to the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak. Mmegi Correspondents LARONA MAKHAIZA and LESEDI MKHUTSWA report

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