The Monster from the Green Lagoon Assessing the 2011 Green Paper on Land Reform

Abstract

Background • Consensus across the board that LR is in deep trouble and unlikely to meet targets • Some argue that food security is of rising concern, given rising food prices (here and globally) • Minister Nkwinti: “90% of LR projects have failed”; “30% of land reform farms sold by beneficiaries” • But no clear basis for these claims in available data – and they are damaging to LR as a national project ....