World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - (Page 43) animal Power By Christian De Vries, World Ark Contributor Photos by Jake Lyell I in Zambia’s central Province, many small-scale farmers rely on draft animals to till the soil for planting. but a tick-borne disease has swept through this region, killing most of the draft cattle. the Miyoba women’s club (M.w.c.) was chosen to receive the first heifers in a restocking project. the project began with a simple goal: give draft cows to 18 families so they can increase their crop yields, improve their nutrition and generate more income. Zambia, located in central southern africa and once known as northern rhodesia, is slightly larger than texas. its citizens face high unemployment, rampant poverty and an hiV/aids epidemic. life expectancy is only 38 years. bess Mutelo, 38, a member of M.w.c., received her two n the MuMbwa district w w w. h e i f e r . o rg draft cows from heifer in Bess Mutelo needed a lot of 2001. she and her husband, bowls and plates to feed luka, live in Mika village her family, but her kitchen with their 10 children. was too cluttered. With before this project began, extra income, she was able bess and her family could to build a series of shelves only farm in a limited area. to store cooking utensils. “we had to use hand-hoes, and we could only do that around the anthills because we couldn’t afford to buy fertilizer,” said Mutelo, explaining that the land around the giant anthills was more fertile. hoeing the ground by hand, they had only been able to farm one acre. now, with the draft cattle pulling the load, they can plow and fertilize almost 10 acres. and work that used to take them two months now is complete in just two weeks. the cattle also lighten the family’s transportation burden, turning such chores as collecting a week’s worth of firewood into a job for two boys in one cartload instead of a heavy hand-carrying chore requiring the entire family’s labor. januar y/f e bruar y 2009 | wor ld a r k 43 http://www.heifer.org
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