To conclude this series and give a flavour of some of the themes explored across the previous nine blogs, this post presents a series of five cases offering in-depth reflections on how livelihoods are composed across a range of activities … Continue reading → …
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Pathways of accumulation followed by young people in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas
With limited assets and multiple constraints to access to land, accumulation by young people in our A1 land reform sites is challenging. This blog looks at the multiple pathways followed, highlighting how livelihoods, gender relations and styles of farming are … Continue reading → …
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Livelihood asset accumulation by young people in post-land reform Zimbabwe
Our studies of young people across our A1 land reform sites in Zimbabwe show the real challenges that young people face in getting established as independent economic actors. This requires putting together a portfolio of activities, diversifying opportunistically while also … Continue reading → …
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‘Waithood’ and the challenges of household establishment amongst young people in Zimbabwe
When we last explored what was happening to young people across our field sites in 2016, the experience of ‘waithood’ was very evident (see our ROAPE paper for a discussion). This is a period between childhood and adulthood that can … Continue reading → …
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Is going to school still worth it? Dilemmas for young people in post-land reform Zimbabwe
There is a large literature on the economic returns to education around the world. Most of this points to the value of schooling in simple economic terms for boys and girls at both primary and secondary levels. But what happens … Continue reading → …
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Reinventing tradition: new forms of inheritance in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas
Longstanding traditions around land and its use within and between families and amongst men and women are up for renegotiation in post-land reform Zimbabwe. Young people must balance cultural norms – sometimes insisted on by their elders – with the … Continue reading → …
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The next generation is redefining what is meant by a ‘farm’ and ‘home’ in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas
As the next generation seeks out land-based livelihoods in the land reform areas and beyond, many of the standard ways of thinking about land are being reinvented for a new generation. This may be around the nature of a ‘farm’ … Continue reading → …
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How do young people get land in post-land reform Zimbabwe?
Gaining access to land for the next generation is a struggle in Zimbabwe. There is huge demand as the last blog discussed, but there are very few simple options. Many young people have to cobble together different sources of land, … Continue reading → …
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What do young people do and where in post-land reform Zimbabwe?
With a whole new generation of young people demanding land and livelihoods across the land reform areas, we have been asking what are young people doing to make a living and where? In our study we have two cohorts of … Continue reading → …
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Young people’s experiences of land, livelihoods and migration in post-land reform Zimbabwe
One of the most common discussions amongst those living in the land reform areas today focuses on how will the next generation get land. Those who got the land during the land reform in 2000 are now getting older and … Continue reading → …
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