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Landscape of Zimbabwe. Yellow meadow

Will Zimbabwe find its way back to prosperous agriculture?

In terms of soil fertility, Zimbabwe has optimal conditions for agricultural production. In many places, however, there is a lack of water. This has visibly improved thanks to investments in water storage projects. What does this mean for the population's food problems? How is this issue linked to the current political situation?

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Visit to a village on Lake Mutirikwe in Zimbabwe

Lake Mutirikwe (formerly Kyle) is located near the huge ruins of Great Zimbabwe, south-east of Masvingo. The lake was dammed in 1960 to irrigate the sugar cane fields near Triangle, 200 km to the south. The village is not located directly on the lake, but makes use of its abundance of fish when the water level is high enough. The drinking and service water

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