AGRICULTURAL NEWS - The region, like most of that country, last received rain in December 2017.
High temperatures since then have taken a toll on dryland maize, according to Winston Babbage, chairman of the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers’ Union in Matabeleland North Province.
“The dry spell has been too long. If the dry [conditions] and high temperatures persist, I am afraid this season would [turn into] a drought.”
He said the rainy season started with moderate rain in November, which enabled farmers to plant, but the rainfall activity deteriorated as the season progressed.
