[Homestead] Termites ?

Clansgian at wmconnect.com Clansgian at wmconnect.com
Wed Nov 19 20:14:36 EST 2008



> >Before, they had nothing, and yet survived, now, they have everything 
> and are starving?
> 

Before the white farmers using European and American business models had made 
Zimbabwe the "bread basket" of soutern Africa.  It was very much a net food 
exporter.  The people of Zimbabwe had access to this food cheap, abundant an 
cheap.

When the farms fell into the hands of the cronies of Mugabe under the guise 
of land reform, the new owners had no expience, no business model, no 
financing, to carry them through.  Moreover, they though that if they just held the 
land, the money would come into their bank accounts unbidden as they were 
convinced it had been for the former white owners.

The farms fell into ruin.  The populace, used to several generations of 
market food provided by the former farm owners, had and have no idea how to 
subsistence farm.

The former farms were not subsistence.  They depended on great amounts of 
imported machinery, diesel, and fertilizer all purchased through world banking.  
None of Mugabe's bunch can find a co-signer.  They have no international 
credit.


James



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