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Zimbabwe expands irrigation and protects livestock against El Niño

By , based on Daily News (Zimbabwe)

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Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Ministry is deploying emergency measures: grain stockpiling, expanded irrigation and livestock protection amid the forecast drought. The government is stepping up preparations to protect farmers and citizens from food shortages, according to the Daily News.

Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Ministry is expanding irrigation and protecting livestock against the forecast drought linked to the El Niño phenomenon. These emergency measures add to grain stockpiling, the ministry said in comments reported by the Daily News.

The government had already strengthened its grain reserves against the Super El Niño on 20 October. It then mobilised resources against the drought on 30 October.

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