Monday, 25 April 2011

Farmers Complain of Herders in Afgoye Town

Afgoye — With the drought grips many regions in southern and central
Somalia, farmers in Afgoye town, about 30 kilometers southwest of the
Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday complained about herders whose
livestock apparently sent to their farms.

The farmers said that the pastoralists are cutting their crops and
plants to feed their domestic animals which are severely affected by
the drought.

A farmer in Afgoye town in Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia
told Shabelle that what the situation too worse is that the livestock
started to die of hunger.

Thus, the herders attacked their farming fields to harvested and cut
of their plants and the owners of farmers said their crops are on
their verge of decimation if this attacks continue to rage.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201104250203.html

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