Zimbabwe's food crisis - 07 Feb 09

Aid agencies warn that more people in Zimbabwe people will have to rely on food handouts as an acute shortage of food persists

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[ratonnewmex]

a knot in my fuckin' throat every time i see this...fucking ridiculous

[Znaika1]

Zimbabwe soils are very good. Even Livingstone noticed in his memoirs that the soils of Zimbabwe are one of the best he has ever seen. Rhodesians grew in these soils not only tomatoes and bananas, but every possible kind of fruit or vegetable, wheat, best ion the world tobacco, sugar cane, exotic fruits, even resin.

So the problem is not soil, apparently.

[alfie008]

If there is hyperinflation in the US it won't be as bad as Zimbabwe. They kicked out the farmers and wonder why they have no food.  People still know how to grow crops and raise chickens in America.

[odinsragess]

Mugabe made a big mistake by sanctioning the murder of white farmers just because they were white... now the farms sit idle.

Mugabe said it himself... "i am 10x hitler". Look it up. He is a tyrannical failure and the fact that he is still alive or in power just shows you how screwed we really are.

[soylentgreenb]

You have to own land or at least find a patch no one will be bothered if you use.

You have to have some modicum of expertise to grow the selected crop.

You have to have access to seeds and preferably some amount of pesticides, fertilizers and irrigation.

You have to have access to transportation and solid infrastructure if you want to grow something like bananas; don't store long enough, you must sell them.

You have to be able to ward of desperately hungry people from your crops.

[peckiledorf]

bottomless pit

[Znaika1]

Conspiracy theories again? British have enough problems of their own, all they have been after since 1965 is to have Zimbabwe off their hands.

[realintelligence]

the british wants the black in zimbabwe

exterminated like the australian aborigines and british north america.mugabe didn't fall for it,the evil british empire has variousd technique

to subdue they want to use media,economy oppression,food sanction,introduce deadly disease. etc

what can we do,they can kill many birds

with one stone,destroying,germans,Jew and the russians.they are cunning

bastards, The isrealis,german,russians,india­ns,chinese,french,africans will never learn about the brits.

[pscoolguy]

You have to have money for seeds. Are those fruirts and vegetables even able to grow in that soil? And what do you do while waiting for the food to grow?

[realintelligence]

there are green enviroment around,they could grow bananas,tomatoes,etc

[SwedishDictatorship]

The Swedish government is behind all wars in Africa!