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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
The role of smallholder farmers, who make up the majority of farmers, is crucial. (Gallo)
AGRI SA

Race-based water licence allocations draw ire of farmers

Government says the draft rules are to address the disparities in access to water use left over from apartheid

  • Sheree Bega
13 min read