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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 07:29 AM Original message |
Zimbabwe's harvest 'insufficient' |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Anybody? |
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Redhead488 (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 08:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Isn't that what happens |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 01:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That's what the article says n/t |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's what happens many times with misguided land reform. |
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Aidoneus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. tobacco isn't usually edible.. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 02:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. They weren't feeding the country. Number one crop: tobacco. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Wasn't it you who warned me about the BBC? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Yes. I heard a BBC debate on land reform in Zimbabwe. Representing the |
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Redhead488 (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 03:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Doesn't matter if Tabacco WAS there # 1 |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 04:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. No they weren't. The best land was used for tobacco farming which |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. It's really clear to anyone who makes the effort to read enough |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Maybe this explains some of the problem for those who either don't know |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. "I been very tempted/ To grab it from the till/ I've been very hungry... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Isn't it interesting that Caribbean islands and Latin American countries |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. That threatens to be a lot of hungry people |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The food shortage last year contributed to 300%+ inflation. |
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Aidoneus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Mugabe controls the weather now? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 04:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Comparable conditions? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. It doesn't look like they predict one in Zimbabwe either. 17.5% shortfall |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I think you've misunderstood the report |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 04:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I read it as saying that's what wasn't in the pipeline. But I didn't read |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. By the way, this is a prediction. We'll see when the harvest comes in |
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Aidoneus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. weren't.. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 03:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You bet. Last year and the year before we got predictions |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. What sounds worse? "1/3d of a mil short" or 82.5% of need satisfied? |
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Oggy (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-04 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Glad to see you using those links my friend. |
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