Agriculturists have said that the increasing all-time low
food production in the war-torn Syria has affected livestock, reports
NaijaAgroNet.
Experts from both World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and
Agriculture Organisation (FAO) made this known in a latest joint report, saying
that livestock producers are equally feeling the effects of the crisis.
“With the upkeep of their animals becoming ever more
difficult and costly, many herding families have been forced to sell or
slaughter their sheep, goats and poultry,” they said.
Equally, they said that ongoing fighting and widespread
insecurity continues to limit access to grazing land and water sources, while
animal feed has become unaffordable for many pastoralists.
This, they stressed as particularly true in areas with large
numbers of internally displaced people who brought their livestock with them
when fleeing their homes. The country's veterinary service, meanwhile, is
rapidly running out of animal vaccines and routine drugs, making it harder for
herders to keep their animals healthy and productive.
Isaac Oyimah/GEE
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