There are many different versions of ‘success’ in Zimbabwe’s A1 land reform areas as we found out across 11 different ‘success ranking’ exercises in our sites in Mazowe, Gutu, Masvingo and Matobo districts. A total of 208 people (113 men, … Continue reading → …
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Former farm workers in Mvurwi: structural constraints on success
Former farm workers living in compounds on resettlement farms in Mvurwi are some of the most marginalised people across the land reform farms. ‘Success’ is limited by a set of major structural constraints that individuals cannot overcome by themselves. We … Continue reading → …
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Understanding success in the villagised land reform farms in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe
Villagised farms, with allocated homestead areas and fields and common grazing, are the most common type of land reform farm across the country, including in Masvingo province. We have three such case study sites – Lonely Farm (Gutu), Wondedzo Wares … Continue reading → …
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Negotiating demographic change: sustaining land reform success in Masvingo, Zimbabwe
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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