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  • Zimbabwe farmers fear winter of hunger after poor tobacco crop

    07/23/2015 4:32:47 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 7 replies
    Reuters ^ | 7-22-15 | ANDREW MAMBONDIYANI
    For 15 years after Zimbabwe's agriculture sector collapsed in the face of President Robert Mugabe's seizure of white-owned farms to resettle landless blacks, the tobacco industry has been booming, with farmers funded by private firms to grow tobacco. But this switch, coupled with the worst regional drought in nearly a decade, has left Zimbabwe in a precarious food situation. Many farmers have complained of low prices as the season ends while buyers argue the quality of the crop was poor. "A number of farmers are crying foul over unsatisfactory (tobacco) prices," said Trevor Saruwaka, member of parliament for Mutasa Central...