Gendered dimensions of land and rural livelihoods: The case of new settler farmer displacement at Nuanetsi Ranch, Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe
Abstract
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 other
’uncontested lands’ in the area, compromising their rights to sustainable livelihoods, human development and land
acquisition. The perceptions of the men and women resident at Chigwizi has had a bearing on understanding the
nature of gendered land and rural livelihoods in the context of biofuel production in Zimbabwe, after fast track land
reform.