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Zimbabwe says grain stocks running out after drought

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by Reuters
Thursday, 23 January 2020 13:08 GMT

More than half the country's population faces food shortages after maize harvests halved last year

HARARE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has only 100,000 tonnes of grain in its strategic reserves, enough to last just over a month, as the southern African nation suffers the effects of a severe drought, according to the agriculture minister.

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