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Busani Bafana

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Busani Bafana is a freelance journalist based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, covering climate change and agriculture.

June 29, 2022

Zimbabwe's drought-hit farmers fear hunger after poor maize harvest Climate Risks

Farmer Lindiwe Ncube shows the few cobs of maize she harvested following a drought in Bubi, Zimbabwe

Standing next to her traditional wooden maize store in western Zimbabwe, farmer Lindiwe Ncube gestures towards the empty compartments that spell trouble for her family's future.

Last June, all five were stacked with sizeable maize cobs ready to sell. This year, only of them is just about full after a mid-season drought ruined the harvest, leaving the 49-year-old with barely enough to feed her own family.

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