President Robert Mugabe's government will soon withdraw financial support for black-owned commercial farms resettled under Zimbabwe's controversial land reform policy, state media reported on Monday.
The move follows charges by central bank governor Gideon Gono during a parliamentary meeting last week that the reforms had caused chronic food shortages in the one-time food exporter.
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"It is now seven years since we reclaimed our land but we continue looking at government for support," Gono said. "Next season we will wean off all A2 [black] farmers as they are now grown-ups."
Gono accused large-scale farmers of selling subsidies received from the government and failing to repay loans.
He, however, said the government would continue supporting small-scale, subsistence farmers.
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