Zimbabwe and the neighbouring countries (Zambia, Mozambique, and Botswana) are considered to have the best farming soils in Africa to grow cereals.
Zimbabwe is reputed to possess a quarter of the African arable land, 10 million hectares of which is waiting to be farmed.
Nowadays there are a number of lands with a strong agricultural potential are gradually put back into exploitation. The cost of acquisition of such land leases is considerably below usual prices from the rest of the world.