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Medium-scale commercial farming in Zimbabwe: how has it fared since land reform?

Ian Scoones
There are those who are beneficiaries of patronage for sure, including via Command Agriculture...
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The rich people’s virus? Latest reflections from Zimbabwe

A disease of the urban rich and powerful?...
1.2.2021 10:30

Can South Africa help find a way out of Zimbabwe’s on-going crises?

I don’t know how many times this blog has commented on the worsening economic and political...
18.1.2021 6:59

‘The land is the economy, the economy is the land’, but does this include young people?

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11.1.2021 11:41

Lockdown politics: reflections from Zimbabwe

Another very severe lockdown was imposed on 2 January, with strict movement restrictions...
4.1.2021 11:41

Can Zimbabwe survive a second wave of COVID-19?

On January 2nd, Vice-President and Minister of Health, Constantino Chiwenga, announced another strict lockdown on the...
28.12.2020 11:51

Zimbabweland’s 2020 wrap-up

2020 has been quite a year in Zimbabwe and across the world. The blog has had...
7.12.2020 9:47

Unequal land, unequal societies

The report adopts a new methodology for exploring land inequalities, taking account not just of patterns...
23.11.2020 15:13

Land and compensation in Zimbabwe: frequently asked questions

The debate about compensation of former white farmers in Zimbabwe continues to rage. The compensation agreement...
9.11.2020 10:17

Women and young people in Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 economy

I had another catch-up with colleagues in Zimbabwe recently, reflecting on the COVID-19 situation and its...
26.10.2020 6:58

Land reform in Matabeleland: the challenges of living in a harsh, variable environment

The land reform story in Matabeleland has been under-researched, but now there are some new findings...
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The return of fortress conservation: why excluding people means biodiversity conservation will fail

International donors have sponsored the training of game rangers...
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“Know your epidemic”: Reflections from Zimbabwe

“Know your epidemic, act on its politics” was a lesson learned in the HIV/AIDS pandemic....
7.9.2020 7:02

Innovation in the pandemic: an update from Zimbabwe

I  had the latest long discussion on responses to COVID-19 in our rural study areas across the...

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