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* Project aims to get farmers to swap hunting for sustainable meat * Cross-breeding produces larger goats that fetch a higher price * Farmers should be trained on managing wildlife, experts say By Busani Bafana CHIVWETU VILLAGE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With worsening...

I am looking forward to earning more money from my goats.

The project to breed bigger goats and raise incomes aims to help communities feed their families without wiping out local wildlife, as extreme weather hurts crops

CHIVWETU VILLAGE, Zimbabwe, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With worsening droughts in western Zimbabwe making it difficult to grow enough food, the farmers of the Tonga community have been relying on hunting impala, guinea fowl and other wild animals to eat and sell for income. The farmers in Binga district know their traditional practice of "hunting…

The project to breed bigger goats and raise incomes aims to help communities feed their families without wiping out local wildlife, as extreme weather hurts crops