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Space, markets and employment in agricultural development: Zimbabwe
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Growth in the agricultural sector has long been assumed
to automatically benefit the rural non-farm sector, chiefly
through various production or consumption expenditure
‘linkages’ including local expenditure by farmers ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gender implications of decentralised land reform: The case of Zimbabwe
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2009-12)
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 ...
Securing Land Tenure for Women and Men Living on Customary Land in Zimbabwe
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2023-02)
This policy brief reports on findings from a study investigating the impact of the formalisation of customary land on tenure relations and livelihoods for women and men living in rural Zimbabwe. The research was conducted ...