No longer scapegoats: Zimbabweans cut poverty, poaching with larger goats

Cross-breeding with Boer bucks will produce larger goats that fetch a higher price for drought-hit farmers

03 May 2022 - 19:55 By Busani Bafana

With worsening droughts in western Zimbabwe making it difficult to grow enough food, the farmers of the Tonga community have been relying on hunting impala, guinea fowl and other wild animals to eat and sell for income...

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