http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4932060.stmreports that white farmers have been invited back to Zimbabwe. Mugabe's tyrannical rule has been destroying the economy of the country and millions of Zimbabweans are starving. Over the last five years their currency has gone from toilet paper to worse. One Zim dollar literally is not worth one tissue we pull out of the box.
But the farmers have been asked back. Many of the farmers started anew in Mozambique or Namibia, but had to start from scratch. No report was given as to how much of their land they will get back, but if these farmers do decide to go back they have a lot of work to do.
From a business standpoint, this is quite the risk and quite the opportunity. These farmers have lost their capital once under Mugabe's rule and stand to lose it again after one or two successful crops. On the positive side, the government is less and less able to buy foreign crops, so the demand is going to be pretty high.
From a humanitarian standpoint, crops need to start growing in the country soon and a lot of them. The next couple of years will be incredibly rough for Zimbabweans, mostly needing to rely on aide, but if these farmers can increase the crop output over the next couple of years, the amount of starving folk will hopefully decrease.
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