TOTUMA Proposes Extension Of Ploughing Season

Ploughing Fields PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG
Ploughing Fields PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

FRANCISTOWN: Chairperson of the Tonota, Tutume, Masunga (TOTUMA) Arable and Commercial Farming Association,  Jan Erasmus says they have proposed to government to extend the 2020-2021 ploughing season due to heavy rains that have left the fields too wet to till for any sow.

This comes after the eastern part of the country has been experiencing moderate to heavy rainfall in the last few days following tropical cyclone ‘Eloise’ descending on the region.

The Department of Metrological Services reported that the tropical depression was expected to cause widespread rainfall with occasional heavy pours, strong winds and lightning in the eastern part of the country.

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