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Original Post Date: 2001-08-29 Time: 05:57:03 Posted By: Jan
27/08/2001
Zimbabwe is to import 100 000 tons of maize from South Africa. Joseph Made,
Zimbabwe’s Agricultural Minister, says they are importing the grain in the
hopes of averting a looming food shortage. Made says the decision came after
a weekend meeting in Harare of 14 members of the Southern African Development
Community (SADC), which agreed to lift regional trade barriers on the staple
food.
Other SADC countries are expected to place their orders with the South
African government sometime this week.
Agricultural production in Zimbabwe has been crippled because of land
invasions on commercial farms.
Since February last year, supporters of Zimbabwe’s ruling party have invaded
hundreds of white-owned commercial farms to push for faster land reforms to
redress colonial-era inequalities in ownership.
The farm invasions have been closely tied to political violence, mainly
targeting opposition supporters.
Other SADC members which will urgently import maize are Zambia, which needs
300 000 tons, Angola Malawi, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and
Mauritius. Much of Southern Africa faces cereal shortages after devastating
floods destroyed many crops earlier this year. – Sapa-AFP