Bread shortages in Zimbabwe
Jeanne:
October 4th, 2007
A number of news agencies have suggested that the Zimbabwean people are facing severe shortages of flour and bread. Representatives from the Zimbabwean Ministry of Agriculture have stated that this year’s wheat harvest was a mere 33% of last year’s. As a consequence, the country is now on the verge of famine. The Zimbabwean government has pledged to import some 100,000 tonnes of wheat. However, it is unlikely that this will be sufficient to combat hunger, as the country requires a total of 400,000 tonnes of wheat annually in order to stave off famine. Zimbabwe’s principal bread manufacturer has scaled down its bread production by 80%.
The Zimbabwean government has blamed poor harvests on the failed farming techniques of those farmers who have taken over the land of white settlers in recent years. According to Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Minister:
“I am disappointed that our new farmers have proved to be failures since the start of the land reform programme in 2000. In spite of all the support government has been pouring into the agricultural sector, productivity and under-utilisation of land remain issues of concern. I am painfully aware of the widespread theft of stock, farm produce, irrigation equipment and the general vandalism of infrastructure by our new farmers.”
However, it is likely that production figures have also been affected by a number of other factors. Unreliable power supplies have left many farmers unable to irrigate their own land.
Poor harvests are likely to have a dire effect on Zimbabwe’s already-impoverished farmers. Without a decent harvest, farmers are unable to earn sufficient income to pay off their debts. This is particularly worrying as a large number of Zimbabwean farmers were known to have taken up loans during the winter months. The situation has been worsened by a foreign currency crisis which has resulted in sky-rocketing inflation. However, the Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, continues to blame the West for the situation. In recent months, he has argued that the economic crisis in Zimbabwe was the result of a plot on the part of foreign businessmen to oust him.
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