Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
24 April 2011
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.
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Farmers Complain of Herders in Afgoye Town