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Zimbabwe’s contested large-scale land-based investment: The chisumbanje ethanol project
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Zimbabwe’s fast-track land reform from 2000 onward yielded
significant land transfers, but led the country to face debilitating
production challenges and lack of investment in agriculture.
Since then, Zimbabwe has not ...
Gendered dimensions of land and rural livelihoods: The case of new settler farmer displacement at Nuanetsi Ranch, Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Nuanetsi Ranch had been invaded by villagers from different parts of Mwenezi, Chiredzi and Chivi communal areas
since 2000. In February 2010, the government announced that the settlers had to be removed and resettled in ...
Large-scale land deals in Southern Africa: voices of the people
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This book presents case studies of large-scale land deals in Southern Africa. It aims to provide an accessible and vivid window into the lived realities and responses of rural people who are affected by such deals. For ...
From ‘willing seller, willing buyer’ to a people-driven land reform
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The concept of ‘willing seller, willing buyer’ has dominated the discourse on land reform in South Africa since 1994. Now,
following the national Land Summit of July 2005, it appears that government is willing to abandon ...
Outcomes of community engagement in community-based natural resource management programmes
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2006)
Although the last century has witnessed exciting strategies in resource management in the form of community-based natural
resource management (CBNRM), these developments are more incremental than revolutionary. CBNRM falls ...
The membership problem in people-centred approaches to natural resource management in Southern Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2006)
Who should qualify to be a member of a natural resource management (NRM) programme in Southern Africa with the attendant
benefits and responsibilities? In Zimbabwe, membership of such programmes could be described as ...
Progressing community-based natural resource management in Zimbabwe
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Zimbabwe is ushering in a new era of community-based
natural resource management (CBNRM). It is moving away
from place-based wildlife management initiatives to more
internationally linked forestry carbon projects which ...
Gender implications of decentralised land reform: The case of Zimbabwe
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
A bolder policy approach and more
vigorous implementation are needed
to support women’s empowerment,
transfer of land rights to women, and
to ensure their productive utilisation
of land. The land reform programme
focussed ...
Digital technologies and sustainable livestock systems in rural communities
(John Wiley & Sons, 2017)
The 43rd Committee on World Food Security (CFS) convention reiterated the importance of
livestock towards eliminating food insecurity across the globe. Livestock provides extensive
services and products which are critical ...
The impact of microfinance on the sustainability of ‘poor’ clients: a conceptual review
(Researchgate, 2020-05-27)
Debates on the impact of microfinance on alleviation of poverty have revolved around two
contrasting approaches that advocate sustainable lending and subsidised lending, respectively.
This conceptual paper presents ...