Zimbabwe’s Ag Policy It is premature to conclude that the military’s takeover of government functions from Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe is for the better. It is certainly no surprise that the army is finding millions of dollars stashed away by officials from the kleptocratic regime, but will command-and-control generals allow the necessary loosening of the reins on the economy, especially its agricultural sector? The nation’s maize production suffered badly (see graph below) after Mugabe carved up farms into smaller plots and redistributed the rights to that land to supporters lacking farming experience. The country went from being Sub-Saharan Africa’s second-largest exporter of maize to a net food impo...

TAGS – Feed Grains, China, Europe, Middle East & Africa, North America