{"id":301716,"date":"2021-03-02T09:26:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T07:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=301716"},"modified":"2021-03-01T23:41:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:41:12","slug":"crops-drying-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=301716","title":{"rendered":"Crops drying up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Placido Hilukilwa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A FEW weeks ago, Northern subsistence farmers were still seeing promising signs of a bumper harvest this year, but the mood has now changed drastically as the result of a prolonged dry spell that affected vast areas in the northern regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The farmers\u2019 hope had vanished after several rainless weeks.<br \/>Travelling through parts of the Omusati and Oshana regions, one is struck by the absence of rainwater in the oshanas, the fading pastures and the young crops that have dried or are drying up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in trouble,\u201d said Nelago Wilbard, a subsistence farmer in the Okahao constituency in the Omusati Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Crops-drying-up.jpg\" alt=\"Crops drying up Northern subsistence farmers harvest regions\" class=\"wp-image-301717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Crops-drying-up.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Crops-drying-up.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Crops-drying-up.jpg 400w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Crops-drying-up.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>HOPES FADING: Crops are drying up in the north after several rainless weeks. &#8211; Photo: Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cI worked my fingers to the bone and did spend a lot of money hiring a tractor to plough my mahangu field, but my crops have now completely dried up. There is no longer any hope for us,\u201d she said, adding that the current situation appears to be a repetition of \u201cthe calamity that befell us\u201d in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, there are still some pockets of hope.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has not rained for some time at our area, but our crops are still in good condition. 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