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    Zimbabwe Boosts Farm Production With World Bank Aid

    By Ma. Rizza Leonzon // 15 September 2009

    The World Bank is granting $7 million to increase the production of small farmers in Zimbabwe, according to the

    . The grant will help provide 3,000 tons of a mixture of hybrid maize seed and open pollinated varieties to 300,000 communal farmers.

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