Posted on 03/08/2002 8:34:05 AM PST by Clive
I suspect that the number of effectives is proportionally less than that.
This is the autumn in the southern hemisphere. the harvest will be a poor one. A year ago the government was ony willing to admit to a projected maize (mealy meal) shortfall of 100,000 tonnes. At that time independent expert opinion was that the shortfall would be on the order of 600,000 tonnes. the current projection is over 1,000.000 tonnes, which Zim can't afford and hasn't the ifrastructure to import and distribute on an emergency basis.
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