Farmers decry govt�s delay in declaring drought

This year's shortage of rain has potential to reduce the country's livestock population
This year's shortage of rain has potential to reduce the country's livestock population

MAUN: Farmers have slammed President Ian Khama for the delay in declaring 2015 a drought year.

A meeting of mainly farmers on Wednesday felt that since they have already started losing cattle to drought, they would have expected that by now the government would have declared a drought year. During the 2015 Letsema consultative forum held at Maun Lodge, attended by 200 delegates, the farmers expressed concern with the President’s non-public stance on the state of drought.

A farmer from Kgatleng, Joseph Setlhare complained that there has been low rainfall in his district since the beginning of the year. He said farmers are already struggling to find water for their cattle explaining that the Molatedi dam in South Africa which used to bail farmers out during times of need is unable to assist because of the shortage that side.

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