[Clive]

In the past a proportion of Zimbabwe's agriculture was under irrigation by the commercial farmers. Next year, it will be all rain fed," Watkiss said.

Another bloody victory for indigenous agriculture.

[Clive]

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[razorback-bert]

A UN crop assessment earlier this year said maize output had fallen by 67 percent compared with 2001.

I was talking to a farmer last week, that gets a world crop production report. The private company report puts this year's crop at 10% of previous levels.

This assumes that the crop will be harvested, which I doubt.

[gcruse]

Zimbabweans have reached the limit of their coping skills

Contrary to defeatist belief, the next skill to be
employed should be rebellion, not starvation.