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Main types of livestock

The major livestock types in the district are cattle, goats, sheep and chicken. These are found in all wards across the district. The predominant breeds of cattle, goats and sheep are indigenous mainly Hard Mashona and need to be improved for high production in terms size and live weight.

Table: Average livestock holding per ward

WARD	AVERAGE CATTLE HOLDING	AVERAGE SHEEP HOLDING	AVERAGE GOAT HOLDING	AVERAGE CHICKEN HOLDING
1	3	1	2	8
2	4	1	2	8
3	4	1	2	9
4	3	1	2	5
5	8	1	1	24
6	2	1	2	3
7	2	1	2	3
8	2	2	3	4
9	2	2	3	6
10	5	1	2	10
11	2	1	2	4
12	2	1	2	7
13	2	1	2	5
14	2	2	1	8
15	3	1	2	4
16	2	1	1	3
17	2	1	1	4
18	6	1	2	7
19	3	1	1	4
20	5	1	1	6
21	5	1	2	4
22	2	1	1	4
23	2	1	2	4
24	2	1	1	5
25	2	1	1	3
26	2	2	1	7

Grazing Condition and Availability

Grazing conditions has been on the decline in communal areas but is opposite in the former commercial area where the grazing condition and availability is still good. The district is faced with a risk of veld decline due to increase in district herd which has moved from +/-131000 last year to +/- 135 000 cattle which is the main consumer of the veld due to poor market for livestock. Veld fires are also rampant in the district which is becoming one of the major contributors to veld degradation in the district.

Diptanks

There are 106 dip tanks in the district and every ward has access to a dip tank although their catchment areas are too big especially in communal areas  resulting in communities travelling long distances to dip tanks.

On average each ward has at least 3 dip tanks with some having more especially in the recently resettled areas because the former white commercial farmers had dip tanks which continue being used.

Hurungwe Diptanks
Ward	AHMC	Dip/Race	Function/	Capacity	Disease	Water
			Non Fune		Burden	source
						comment
10	Magunje	Magunje	Functional	17000	Senkobo	borehole
10	Magunje	Chisape	Functional	12000	Senkobo	borehole
10	Magunje	Karereshi	Functional	17000	Senkobo	borehole
11	Karereshi	Nematombo	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
11	Karereshi	Mahororo	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
11	Karereshi	Chanetsa	Functional	20000	Senkobo	borehole
11	Karereshi	Kapare	Functional	17000	Senkobo	borehole
12	Kapfunde	Badze	Functional	24000	Senkobo	river
12	Kapfunde	Kweche	Functional	12500	Blackleg	borehole
12	Kapfunde	Mudzimu	Functional	22500	Blackleg	borehole
12	Kapfunde	Mzilawempi	Functional	25000	Blackleg	borehole
13	Chidamoyo	Dokwa	Functional	20000	Blackleg	river
13	Chidamoyo	Bashungwe	Functional	14000	Blackleg	borehole
13	Chidamoyo	Batanai	Functional	15000	Blackleg	borehole
14	Uroyi	Kavaya	Functional	17500	Blackleg	borehole
14	Uroyi	Tengwe	Functional	20000	Blackleg	borehole
14	Chivende	Marere	Functional	17500	Blackleg	borehole
14	Chivende	Chijawi	Functional	15000	Blackleg	river
14	Chivende	Chirariro	Functional	15000	Blackleg	borehole
17	Sengwe	Mashuma	Functional	13000	Blackleg	borehole
17	Sengwe	Sengwe	Functional	15000	Blackleg	borehole
25	Zvipani	Musukwi	Functional	15000	Blackleg	borehole
25	Zvipani	Chabikwa	Functional	16000	Blackleg	borehole
25	Zvipani	Matau	Functional	15000	Blackleg	borehole
24	Chiroti	Chenhimba	Functional	12000	Blackleg	borehole
24	Chiroti	Deve	Functional	15000	Blackleg	borehole
24	Chiroti	Magororo	Functional	15000	Blackleg	borehole
24	Chiroti	Chiroti	Functional	12000	Blackleg	borehole
22	Kapiri	Kapiri	Functional	18500	Senkobo	borehole
22	Kapiri	Kachiva	Functional	11000	Senkobo	borehole
22	Kapiri	Kanyoka	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
9	Kadunga	Chitenje	Functional	15000	Trps	borehole
9	Kadunga	Nyahowa	Functional	15000	Trps	borehole
9	Kadunga	Kadunga	Functional	20000	Trps	borehole
9	Kadunga	Chengwena	Functional	19500	Trps	borehole
26	Doro	Doro	Functional	15000	Trps	river
26	Doro	Maumbe	Functional	16000	Trps	river
23	Doro	Donhoek	Functional	14000	Trps	borehole
23	Doro	Glenaquart	Functional	12000	Senkobo	borehole
6	Kasimure	Kasimure	Functional	12000	Senkobo	borehole
6	Kasimure	Pote village 24	Functional	15490	Senkobo	borehole
6	Kasimure	Nyamahapi	Functional	17600	Senkobo	borehole
20	Wajetsi	Wajetsi	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
6	Wajetsi	Nyangoma	Functional	17626	Senkobo	borehole
20	Wajetsi	Nascot	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
2	Masikati	Thurlaston	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
6	Masikati	Pote village 16	Functional	13000	Senkobo	borehole
22	Moniac	Mauya	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
3	Moniac	Moniac	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
3	Moniac	Moyale	Functional	18000	Senkobo	borehole
3	Conston	Baobab	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
12	Conston	Montesuma	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
21	Conston	Nyamambizi	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
21	Conston	Pompey	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
20	Jenya	Sappi valley	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
20	Jenya	Nyarenda	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
20	Jenya	Kamkombe	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
1	Nduba	Idlewood	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
1	Nduba	Momba	Functional	17000	Senkobo	borehole
1	Nduba	Kevlyn	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
18	Nduba	Goodhope	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
18	Mhondoro	Peveril	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
18	Mhondoro	La-rachelle	Functional	18000	Senkobo	borehole
18	Mhondoro	Tongogara	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
18	Yawanda	Yawanda	Functional	18000	Senkobo	borehole
18	Yawanda	Toekoms	Functional	18000	Senkobo	borehole
18	Yawanda	Nzvurumu	Functional	15000	Anthrax	borehole
4	Moy	Toranhanga	Functional	15115	Anthrax	borehole
1	Moy	Moy	Functional	17000	Anthrax	borehole
18	Moy	Trokiadza	Functional	15000	Anthrax	borehole
18	The Ridges	The ridges	Functional	15000	Anthrax	borehole
1	The Ridges	Mahuti	Functional	15000	Anthrax	borehole
1	The Ridges	Grand Parade	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
19	Solera	Madzimoyo	Functional	17500	Senkobo	borehole
19	Solera	Solera	Functional	18000	Senkobo	borehole
19	Solera	Disist	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
2	Nyamahomba	Hallstead	Functional	12000	Senkobo	borehole
2	Nyamahomba	Nyamahomba	Functional	12000	Senkobo	borehole
22	Nyama	Nyama	Functional	17040	Senkobo	borehole
22	Nyama	Maunga	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
22	Nyama	Nyama village 8	Functional	10360	Senkobo	borehole
22	Nyama	Nyama village 10	Functional	13300	Senkobo	borehole
2	Tengwe	Ianpen	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
2	Tengwe	Deerwood	Functional	15000	Senkobo	borehole
2	Tengwe	Gwiwa	Functional	15000	Tryps	borehole
16	Kajekache	Nyaodza	Functional	15000	Tryps	borehole
16	Kajekache	Masanga	Functional	15000	Tryps	borehole
16	Kajekache	Chehamba	Functional	15000	Tryps	borehole
9	Dete	Dete	Functional	15000	Tryps	borehole
9	Dete	Chibara	Functional	16000	Tryps	borehole
9	Dete	Chikova	Functional	14500	Tryps	borehole
9	Dete	Ketsanga	Functional	11000	Tryps	borehole
7	Mashongwe	Mashongwe	Functional	11700	Tryps	borehole
8	Mashongwe	Karuru	Functional	15000	Tryps	borehole
7	Mashongwe	Mashongwe village 32	Functional	12000	Tryps	borehole
4	Lynx Mine	Chipapi i	Functional	12000	Tryps	borehole
4	Lynx Mine	Chipapi ii	Functional	15000	Tryps	borehole
4	Lynx Mine	Kemusango	Functional	12800	Tryps	borehole
4	Lynx Mine	Nyachimwe	Functional	13000	Tryps	borehole
4	Lynx Mine	Rukweza	Functional	14800	Tryps	borehole
8	Chitindiva	Mayamba	Functional	12000	Tryps	borehole
8	Chitindiva	Burutsa	Functional	15000	Tryps	borehole
8	Chitindiva	Chitindiva	Functional	10400	Tryps	borehole
4	Vuti	Vuti	Functional	12400	Tryps	borehole
7	Vuti	BH2	Functional	12300	Tryps	borehole
4	Vuti	Torwood	Functional	17000	Tryps	borehole
4	Vuti	Vuti village 22A	Functional	12000	Tryps	borehole

9.1  Main livestock diseases

CLASSS OF LIVESTOCK	DISEASES	TIME OF OUT BREAK
CATTLE	HEART WATER	SUMMER (RAIN PERIOD)
	RED WATER	SUMMER (RAIN PERIOD)
	LUMPY SKIN	SUMMER (RAIN PERIOD)
	BLACK LEG	THROUGH OUT THE YEAR
	GALSICKNESS	THROUGH OUT THE YEARS
	SENKOBO	SUMMER (RAIN PERIOD)
	ANTHRAX	SUMMER (RAIN PERIOD)
POULTRY	COCCIDIOSIS	THROUGH OUT THE YEAR
	IBD	THROUGH OUT THE YEAR
	FOWL OX	THROUGH OUT THE YEAR
PETS AND DOGS	RABBIES	THROUGH OUT THE YEAR

Challenges faced Livestock Farmers

• The leading challenge is poor market where farmers are being short changed by informal buyers or middlemen.
• In some areas dip tanks are too far away and cattle are driven long distances to dipping site.
• Cattle rustling are also a cause for concern especially in farms near urban area.
• high prevalence of veld fires are a threat to grazing condition and availability
• tick borne diseases mainly in summer are at threat due poor dipping programmes by mostly A2 farmers
• Siltation of dams and rivers due to streambank cultivation reduces availability of water for livestock and domestic use.

Markets

Livestock Markets

Table: Average livestock ownership by wealth group

Livestock	Lower middle class	Middle class	Upper middle class
Cattle	1-4	5-15	50+
Goats	1-6	10-20	100+
Sheep	0-2	5-10	50+
Donkeys	0-2	0-5	0
Pigs	0-4	10-15	50+
Poultry	0-10	50-100	120+

Marketing of cattle is largely informal and when it is done at sale pens it is coordinated by local body, but is over ridden by the middlemen who patronise the district across breath and width of the district. For small livestock the market totally informal.

TYPE OF LIVESTOCK	AVERAGE PRICE/US$
CATTLE	$300
GOATS	$25
SHEEP	$30
CHICKEN(ROAD RUNNER)	$5
TURKEYS	$15
GUINES FOWL	$6