Zimbabwe

Years of governmental mismanagement are taking their toll: Zimbabwe's once booming agricultural industry lies in shambles. A number of farmers had shifted from grain production to tobacco cultivation. As part of a land reform at the end of the nineties, many large farms were expropriated and their land was redistributed. Thousands of farmers lost their jobs or were displaced. Fertile fields lay fallow for too long. Unemployment and food and nutrition insecurity now define daily life.