Zimbabwe - Overseas Development Institute

IV. THE FOODSTUFFS SUB-SECTOR'°
In many respects, the e v o l u t i o n of the f o o d s t u f f s branch of
Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector has tended to f o l l o w the most
common pattern experienced i n developing countries as they have
i n d u s t r i a l i s e d : the branch's o v e r a l l c o n t r i b u t i o n to MVA has
f a l l e n over the longer term, fewer manufactured food products
have been imported as more have been produced at home ( o r i g i n a ­
t i n g from the a g r i c u l t u r a l sector) and most growth has occurred
as a r e s u l t of the r i s e i n domestic demand. This performance,
however, conceals some marl