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Farmers' families in Uganda starved by primates

When crops mature, children have to miss school to keep the monkeys away from the fields [Courtesy]

When Bwakatahwihire Buhikire moved to Nyarubungo village three decades ago, he hoped his family would be able to grow more crops on their new, larger plot of land. Instead they found themselves competing with monkeys for food.

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