In his speech after being sworn in as Zimbabwe's new president on November 24, Emmerson Mnangagwa, stressed the role of the country's land reform farmers in boosting the country's economic recovery. They have excelled recently.
Zimbabwe produced more maize in 2017 than was ever grown by white farmers, who have repeatedly been praised for making the country into the bread basket of Africa. Maize production in 2017 was 2.2m tonnes, the highest in two decades.
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