-
@ Badsamm
2025-05-13 17:25:05
Zimbabwe tried this and how did that work out?
14 million hectares of land seized from about 4,000 white farmers starting in 2000.
• Tobacco output fell to 21% of 2000 levels by 2005.
• Maize output dropped by 31% over 2002–2012.
• GDP contracted at –6.1% annually (1998–2008).
• Per capita income fell from $1,640 to $661 (1998–2008).
• Hyperinflation peaked in 2008; the Zimbabwean dollar was abandoned.
• 45% of the population became malnourished at the crisis’ height.