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Under pressure: Foot-and-mouth disease vaccines have started arriving in the country from Argentina, with further shipments expected from Botswana and Turkey but farmers fear it might be too little, too late to curb the devastation. Photo: Democratic Alliance
AGRICULTURAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

Farmers despair amid FMD outbreak

The psychological toll of rampant foot-and-mouth disease is colliding with debt, regulatory paralysis and the emotional weight of generational loss

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read