Feeling the Heat

Grain silos in a commercial farming area around Chinhoyi, owned by the Zimbabwean Government's Grain Marketing Board
MORRIS CARPENTER / PANOS FOR TIME

These grain silos in the commercial farming area around the town of Chinhoyi, owned by the Zimbabwean Government's Grain Marketing Board (GMB), should be groaning under the weight of a bountiful harvest. Zimbabwe — previously one of the most productive countries in Africa — is in the throes of a much-criticized land reform program championed by the country's leader Robert Mugabe. Now, after many months of drought, these silos and others across the region are empty

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