 Like any other rural community in Zimbabwe, they suffer a great deal during the ever-present Savanna drought.On average, every household has 10 head of cattle.Out of approximately 200 families with an average household of 6, there are more than 2,000 cattle in Marira, the total area is 20 square kilometres, with 80% of it a crop farming land, the community has to resort to herding cattle more 5 km from the residential places.