And on the tiny farms here in the region of Mashonaland, once a breadbasket for all of southern Africa, destitute villagers pull the shells off wriggling crickets and beetles, then toss what is left in a hot pan.
Fourteen years ago, Zimbabwe was a breadbasket for southern Africa.
Correction: Brooklyn was a breadbasket for the city only until the middle of the nineteenth century.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwe, once a breadbasket for southern Africa, falls ever further into poverty and famine.
When Zimbabwe gained full independence from Britain, in 1980, the country had the potential to be a breadbasket for the rest of Africa.
Zimbabwe has historically been a breadbasket for southern Africa, but last year it only produced half the 2m tonnes it needed to feed its people and livestock.
On a visit to the city on Thursday, WFP executive director Josette Sheeran said the organisation would start airlifts of food within days and was "testing the ground" to find the best ways of getting life-saving assistance to people in famine-affected areas such as Bakool and Lower Shabelle, which used to be regarded as a breadbasket for the country.
The Indus Basin is a breadbasket for millions of people across the subcontinent, yet glacial melt and monsoon variability threatens the future of food production in its catchment regions.
N'DJAMENA, CHAD 28 September 2010 – Usually considered a breadbasket for Chad, the region on the northern shore of Lake Chad is now affected by an extremely high malnutrition rate of children under five, almost 22 per cent, well beyond the emergency threshold.
Sudan, once considered a potential breadbasket for the Arab world, is an African country rich in natural resources with a fast growing economy.
