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Around 300,000 cattle are affected by the quarantine authorities have slapped on the Nata-Gweta cluster and surrounding areas, following the invasion of about 200 stray buffalos, The Monitor has learnt.
FRANCISTOWN: A herd of over 200 buffalos has invaded a part of the Nata/Gweta constituency causing havoc in the area, instilling fear amongst the villagers and causing the imposition of livestock movement restrictions due to Food and Mouth Disease (FMD) fears.
The Department of Agriculture has agreed to use Commodity Credit Corporation funds to spend about $1.4 billion on a program to help farm groups market their commodities overseas and about $1.1 billion to pay for commodity-based international food aid, according to sources.