New arable scheme promotes cluster fencing

The new arable farming scheme geared towards improving food production in the country also threatens to take away individual ownership of ploughing fields from farmers.

 It promotes cluster fencing of fields, and collective ownership of the new scheme, according to the implementation guidelines for the scheme.

In its implementation paper for the scheme, the Ministry of Agriculture says the provision of fencing will be modelled around enclosed drift fence concept to exclude animals from the arable fields.  The concept is inspired by the Pandamatenga farms project, under which farmers also share the costs.

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