Every time Mike Maruvire looks out across the vast tracts of unutilized farmland along Zimbabwe’s highways, his heart sinks. For the past two years, the 29-year-old has been desperately seeking a piece of land to farm.
‘I could do with just three hectares of land, but I can’t get it,’ explains Maruvire, who ekes a living from a horticulture project on a small, rented plot on the outskirts of the capital, Harare. ‘All the land that you see lying fallow is not available for people who want to do real farming in this country.’
