Farmers in the southern African nation have in recent years turned to climate-smart practices such as reducing tilling and using water-saving drip irrigation https://news.trust.org/item/20190514054413-4ccq0, with some growing drought-hardy grains such as sorghum. However, Zimbabwe's maize production is still expected to fall by 43% in the 2021-2022 season due to poor rainfall, a government assessment found in May. Farmers have been ordered to sell their harvest to the state to replenish national stocks.
BUBI, Zimbabwe, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Standing next to her traditional wooden maize store in western Zimbabwe, farmer Lindiwe Ncube gestures towards the empty compartments that spell trouble for her family's future. Last June, all five were stacked with sizeable maize cobs ready to sell. This year, only of them is just about full after…
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