A Million Face Hunger As Zimbabwe Fails To Provide Seeds To Farmers -- Voice of AmericaThe Famine Early Warning Systems Network earlier this week warned that one in 10 Zimbabweans will need food aid through year’s end, more in early 2012 as the so-called hunger season develops before harvest
Parts of Zimbabwe suffered serious crop failures earlier this year and a million people are likely to need food assistance as a result, according to a report by the Solidarity Peace Trust, a civic organization based in South Africa
Though the rainy season has begun in Zimbabwe, the organization warns that next year could see increased food insecurity because the government has failed small farmers by not making seed and fertilizer widely available to them.
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My Comment: Zimbabwe was once regarded as the "bread-basket" of Africa. Today .... Zimbabwe is another case study on what happens when government policies and ideology destroys the free market system that provides basic food stuffs.
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