El Nino, drought take a toll on cattle
By Reuters in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe | China Daily | Updated: 2016-01-13 08:24
Justin Dlomo watches his small herd of emaciated cattle scrounge for bits of dry grass with a growing sense of dread.
"I don't even know what to do anymore," he says.
Worsening drought in Zimbabwe has dried up water holes, crops and pasture, leaving farmers like 56-year-old Dlomo, who lives about 120 kilometers north of Bulawayo, unable to feed their animals - and unable to sell them for much either.
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