The challenges of managing generational change within farm households was highlighted by the A1 self-contained land reform sites in Masvingo province. Here we have two such sites – Clare farm in Gutu district and Wondedzo extension in Masvingo district. In … Continue reading → …
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Commercialising agriculture drives ‘success’ in Mvurwi’s land reform areas in Zimbabwe
Mvurwi is a thriving high potential agricultural area, where commercialisation of tobacco and horticultural products are at the centre of success in the A1 land reform areas. We conducted two success rankings – in Hariana (12 men and 7 women) … Continue reading → …
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Success in a livestock-based economy: the case of land reform sites in Matobo district, Zimbabwe
What does success mean in a livestock-based economy? How has land reform influenced what success is possible in a dryland, marginal area? To explore these questions, we carried out success rankings in our two A1 sites in Matobo district. In … Continue reading → …
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What is ‘success’ in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas?
What constitutes ‘success’ if you have land in the A1 land reform areas in Zimbabwe? This is the question we have been asking of local residents across our study sites in Mazowe, Gutu, Masvingo and Matobo districts. We have held … Continue reading → …
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Livelihood bricoleurs: young people composing livelihoods in post-land reform Zimbabwe
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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