Changing agrarian relations after redistributive land reform in Zimbabwe

Moyo, Sam

doi:10.1080/03066150.2011.634971

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“…In this early period, no one quite knew what was going to happen, and certainly those in power had little control of the situation. The period of jambanja -the unruly politics of land invasions -resulted in around 8 million hectares (ha) of former white commercial farm land being expropriated (Moyo, 2011). What happened on the ground varied from farm to farm.…”

Section: Farm Labour In Zimbabwementioning

confidence: 99%

Labour after Land Reform: The Precarious Livelihoods of Former Farmworkers in Zimbabwe

Scoones¹,

Mavedzenge²,

Murimbarimba³

et al. 2018

Development and Change

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What happens to labour when major redistributive land reform restructures a system of settler colonial agriculture? This article examines the livelihoods of former farmworkers on large‐scale commercial farms who still live in farm compounds after Zimbabwe's land reform. Through a mix of surveys and in‐depth biographical interviews, four different types of livelihood are identified, centred on differences in land access. These show how diverse, but often precarious, livelihoods are being carved out, representing the ‘fragmented classes of labour’ in a restructured agrarian economy. The analysis highlights the tensions between gaining new freedoms, notably through access to land, and being subject to new livelihood vulnerabilities. The findings are discussed in relation to wider questions about the informalization of the economy and the role of labour and employment in a post‐settler agrarian economy, where the old ‘farmworker’ label no longer applies.

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Section: Farm Labour In Zimbabwementioning

confidence: 99%

Labour after Land Reform: The Precarious Livelihoods of Former Farmworkers in Zimbabwe

Scoones¹,

Mavedzenge²,

Murimbarimba³

et al. 2018

Development and Change

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“…It is the staple cereal and it forms an important component of food security and livelihoods especially amongst smallholder farmers. Maize production is now dominated by smallholder farmers since the advent of the Fast Track Land Reform 1 (FTLR) of year 2000.The birth of the FTLR led to an increase in the number of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe (Clifton, 2013;Moyo, 2011). This development improved significantly the role played by smallholder farmers in maize production in Zimbabwe.…”

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Comprehending smallholder maize enterprises` profitability with the current maize marketing system in Zimbabwe: A case of Mazowe district

Basera¹,

Makate

Tozooneyi

2016

AJARD

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Maize enterprise profitability is essential for sustainable maize production in smallholder farming. In Zimbabwe a lot of factors including several policy measures implemented in the past are believed to be influencing current maize profitability trends. Literature to confirm some of the crucial factors is limited especially in the smallholder farming sector. In this study we analyze profitability of smallholder maize farmers in Mazowe District of Zimbabwe. We estimate maize enterprise profitability using gross margin analysis, factors driving profitability using linear regression analysis and the influence of tobacco farming adoption on maize enterprise profitability using propensity score matching. We relied on both primary and secondary data from the study area. Results did not show robust outcomes on maize enterprises profitability. Maize profitability was found to be influenced positively by age of household head and selling produce to private buyers and negatively by fertilizer, chemical, and transport costs. Tobacco farming adoption was found to have a positive influence on maize profitability. Based on the results the study recommends the government through its various programs targeting agricultural development and food security to focus on smallholder maize production and marketing with the aim of improving its profitability.

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“…Most of these assessments are performed for individual districts only, and are not extensible to different environmental settings [54]. Examples are the extensive statistics by Moyo and Nyoni and Scoones [4,26], which present data on province level acquired from secondary sources and household surveys. Moyo and Nyoni explicitly mention the limited capacity of state statistical offices while quoting them in their work [26].…”

Section: Effectiveness Of Land Reforms-total Area Of Agricultural Lanmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While land can be distributed more equitable after the land reform (a criteria of equity), tenure security might be low (a criteria of legality) [25]. Although more land could be cultivated following the land reform (a criteria of effectiveness), the production outcome could still be less than before (a criteria of efficiency) [26].…”

Section: Examining Land Reformsmentioning

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“Bring Back the Land”—A Call to Refocus on the Spatial Dimension of Zimbabwe’s Land Reform

Hentze

Menz

2015

Land

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Abstract:In this article, we argue that research on land reform in the nation of Zimbabwe has overlooked possibilities of integrating geospatial methods into analyses and, at the same time, geographers have not adequately developed techniques for this application. Scholars have generally been captured within the debate focused on the success or failure of the Zimbabwean land reform program, and have neglected to analyze what has occurred where during the process of "fast-track land reform". To date, no extensive national dataset of land ownership change, and the effect of this change on land use planning strategies, has been developed within the scientific community. As a result, most publications, even very detailed and thorough ones, have been based on regional case studies, broad estimates, or on outdated, cross-referenced statistics. To overcome the lack of spatio-temporal data, we propose an analytic framework to map Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform and its country-wide effects. It emphasizes the potential of geographic information systems and satellite remote sensing to provide an objective basis for future studies of the subject.

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Changing agrarian relations after redistributive land reform in Zimbabwe

Cited by 80 publications

References 18 publications

Labour after Land Reform: The Precarious Livelihoods of Former Farmworkers in Zimbabwe

Labour after Land Reform: The Precarious Livelihoods of Former Farmworkers in Zimbabwe

Comprehending smallholder maize enterprises` profitability with the current maize marketing system in Zimbabwe: A case of Mazowe district

“Bring Back the Land”—A Call to Refocus on the Spatial Dimension of Zimbabwe’s Land Reform

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