The land is fertile, the rain is falling, but the agricultural system has been destroyed by Robert Mugabe
The road west from Harare leads through some of the most fertile land in southern Africa. The December rains are watering the plains and anything planted now should bear a bountiful harvest.
But nothing is being planted. There are no tractors making their way through what should be a sea of winter wheat seedlings.
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