On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:54:47 -0500, "Pete C."
wrote:

Subsistence farming - it's the future. Look at Zimbabwe's total collapse
over just a few years...

They import many millions of tons of maize annually, when I
lived there in the 60's about 20 million tons was exported and the
Africans had the second highest standard of living in the continent.
Look south for highest.
The confiscation of white farmers land stopped all major food
production and that prime land has probably reverted to bush. When I
lived there the farmers provided a portion of their land ( 10% ?? ) so
their employees could grow some of their own food. All employees
were provided with basic rations for themselves and family. I very
much doubt if those remaining on the farms receive anything from their
new political masters.

Alan