Implode-o-Meter News - Chinese farmers take over former white-owned farms in Zimbabwe to cash in on tobacco

Farms that were badly managed for nearly 20 years, after Robert Mugabe's mass seizure of white-owned land, are now being worked again in the hope of reaping aÂ potentially huge reward.
At least five farms have attracted Chinese investment in Mashonaland Central, a region to the north-west of Harare, that was traditionally one of the country's best tobacco-producing areas.

Safe in the knowledge that Mr Mugabe's policy of strengthening ties with China will offer a degree of protection, they have poured money into machinery and are taking advice from international experts.

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Chinese farmers take over former white-owned farms in Zimbabwe to cash in on tobacco