{"id":19149,"date":"2019-02-13T23:14:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T23:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=19149"},"modified":"2019-02-13T23:14:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T23:14:09","slug":"fueled-by-climate-change-zimbabwes-erratic-harvests-cause-farmers-with-hiv-to-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/13\/fueled-by-climate-change-zimbabwes-erratic-harvests-cause-farmers-with-hiv-to-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Fueled by climate change, Zimbabwe’s erratic harvests cause farmers with HIV to struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Tarisai Mubhoyi, 43, farms her field of ground nuts that she’s been able to grow despite the drought.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n
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Jemitias Denhere shakes his head as he explains why, despite being a specialist in soil management and crop production, he specializes in beef livestock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The district agronomist — plants specialist — owns 27 hectares of land in the Mwenezi area of southern Zimbabwe, a particularly arid location. Here, farmers endure extreme weather challenges such as drought and flash flooding — and, thus, some of the highest food shortages.<\/div>\n
His cattle can exist on the little grass that remains during dry times, but to produce crops without irrigation is risky — so he decided against it. “One year, you win; one year, you will fail; repeat,” he said. Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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