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Originally Posted by Martin
What "Agrarian reform" if I may ask? Like taking existing skills away by giving land to people who were supposed to farm on it without having a clue about how to use the machines? Or by promising (about 2 weeks ago) tractors free of charge, while there is no fuel available? The guy is/was just a poor pathetic sod.
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I was referring to the first one there, back in 1990 or something if I recall correctly. Zimbabwe used to be one of the most productive countries in Africa when it came to the production of grain, but then Mugabe gave the lands to, as you pointed out, locals that simply had no idea of how to run a farm, so in the end most of the agrarian land wound up producing nothing.
I didn't know about the tractors deal, but it is indeed ironic
