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Meet the Zimbabwean farmer in UK honored with royal visit after being ‘first to grow white maize’

Meet the Zimbabwean farmer in UK honored with royal visit after being ‘first to grow white maize’

When David Mwanaka moved to the UK from Zimbabwe more than 20 years ago, he couldn’t find white maize, a staple crop he had eaten growing up. So he started growing it in addition to other traditional Zimbabwean vegetables on an allotment, he told the BBC. Later, he was able to acquire 500 acres of…

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