That would certainly be the case if I were one of the farmers being evicted from my own land. I would burn down all the buildings, poison the water supply, and sow the fields with a heavy dose of salt before I vacated. They wouldn't be able to grow anything for years on that land.
The white farmers don't have to " salt the earth "; those wh have taken over their lands , don't know how to run the farms ! They are like dogs in the manger ; squating n the lands, destrying the crops, breaking down the fences, so that wild animals come onto the land and infect the cattle with diseases, that make the nonsaable / nonedible. Welcome to the " NEW " Zimbabwe ; the seventh ring of hell!