Crops wither in Zimbabwe as dry spell bites

STORY: Crops wither in Zimbabwe as dry spell bites SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 26, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:09:08 LOCATION: BEATRICE, Zimbabwe CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of a local villager in a withered maize field 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Shona): JANE CHARI, Local villager 3. various of withered maize and farmers 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Shona): ERINA MAZWI, Local farmer 5. various of withered maize 6. various of farmer inspecting the withered 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Shona): FARAI MAWARIRE, Farmer 8. various of farmer 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (Shona): FARAI MAWARIRE, Farmer 10. various of a maize field on irrigation 11. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): GILBERT MUKATYEI, Farmer 12. various of more green healthy maize and withered maize STORYLINE: Holding hands behind her back, Jane Chari looked at her wilting maize crop in a parched field in Beatrice, about 40 km to the southwest of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital. The 64-year-old grandmother's hope for a harvest is now all but evaporated in the arid air. A dry spell has persisted