Zimbabwe's Land Reform

Myths and Realities
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84701-024-7
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 304 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 219 mm, Gewicht: 427 g

Reihe: African Issues

Challenges the commonly held myths about Zimbabwe's land reform.

Ten years after the land invasions of 2000, this book provides the first full account of the consequences of these dramatic events. This land reform overturned a century-old pattern of land use, one dominated by a small group of large-scale commercial farmers, many of whom were white. But what replaced it?

This book challenges five myths through the examination of the field data from Masvingo province:

Myth 1 Zimbabwean land reform has been a total failure
Myth 2 The beneficiaries of Zimbabwean land reform have been largely political 'cronies'

Myth 3 There is no investment in the new resettlements
Myth 4 Agriculture is in complete ruins creating chronic food insecurity
Myth 5 The rural economy has collapsed
By challenging these myths, and suggesting alternative policy narratives, this book presents the story as it has been observed on the ground: warts and all. What comes through very strongly is the complexity, the differences, almost farm by farm: there is no single, simple story of the Zimbabwe land reform as sometimes assumed by press reports, political commentators, or indeedmuch academic study.

Ian Scoones, Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, with co-authors Nelson Marongwe, Blasio Mavedzenge, Jacob Mahenehene, Felix Murimbarimba and Chrispen Sukume.

Zimbabwe: Weaver Press
Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Botswana): Jacana

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scoones, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface & Acknowledgements
Livelihoods & land reform in Zimbabwe
Land reform in Masvingo province
New land, new people, new livelihoods
Investing in the land
The new farmers: agricultural & livestock production
Labour: the new farm workers
Real markets: the changing political economy of agricultural commodities
Livelihoods beyond the farm: off-farm income & migration
Territory, authority & social dynamics
Livelihood pathways & economic linkages: emerging impacts of land reform
Lessons from Zimbabwe's land reform