Sweet potatoes replacing maize meal on urban Zimbabwe plates

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Maize meal is the staple food across much of Africa, but in Zimbabwe, reports Madalitso Mwando, tastes are changing as sweet potatoes are becoming more popular. Credit IITA As the morning sun rises, a shirtless Daniel Sambani digs the earth, creatingrows of neat mounds with the soil.The small piece of land Sambani is preparing is one of many lots across the city that people have occupied to plant sweet potatoes, a traditional rural staple that is now gaining popularity in Zimbabwe's cities as increasingly unpredictable weather drives up the price of maize meal.