Ovitoto farmers have lost over 556 livestock between February and April this year, among them cattle, due to the current drought.
They say the situation has become so dire that if government does not assist them they cannot imagine what would happen to their remaining livestock in the next few months. The drought-stricken farmers have pleaded with the Otjozondjupa Regional Risk Management Unit, the Governor of Otjozondjupa Region Samuel Nuuyoma and the Councillor of the Omatako Constituency, Issaskar Kaujeua, to introduce some form of subsidy to remedy the situation.
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