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Title:Zimbabwe: Drought, Food and Adjustment
Author:Sachikonye, Lloyd M.ISNI
Year:1992
Periodical:Review of African Political Economy
Volume:19
Issue:53
Pages:88-94
Language:English
Geographic term:Zimbabwe
Subjects:economic policy
food shortage
food production
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
Politics and Government
international relations
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/03056249208703942
Abstract:While a bumper maize harvest was celebrated in Zimbabwe in 1989 and 1990, chronic food shortages were reported in many districts outside the well-endowed highveld. By November 1990, almost 2 million people were dependent on drought food relief distributed by the government. The situation worsened following poor rainfall in most parts of the country during 1990-1991. In addition, the diversification by large-scale commercial farmers to other types of crop production further reduced the hectares formerly devoted to maize production. The roots of the current crisis should be sought not only in gaps in official policy but also in the consequences of an incomplete agrarian reform, principally those resulting in the congestion of the communal peasant sector. The structural adjustment programme (SAP), which will run until 1995, does not appear to hold good prospects for peasant grain producers nor for those experiencing food shortages. Bibliogr.
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