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Zimbabwe braces itself for a ‘super’ El Niño

Ian Scoones
The outlook is dire. Zimbabwe, along with the rest of southern Africa, could be facing a very serious drought, even if unseasonal rain has been falling...
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28.9.2026 18:18

Addressing inequality must include a focus on land redistribution

At the UN General Assembly last week, a group of world-renown economists together with the governments...
21.9.2026 20:01

Can AI models help farmers in the face of uncertainty?

Previous generations of tech optimists have sold the idea that better prediction will solve farmers’ problems...
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“Zimbabwe is growing without transforming” says the World Bank, but what transformations for whom?

The report opens with a very welcome positive reflection on recent economic trends...
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Twenty-five years after land reform in Zimbabwe: a short documentary on lessons learned

What have we learned from our study, 25 years after land reform in Zimbabwe? Drawing on...
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Zimbabweland round-up: top posts so far this year

Usually around the middle of the year, Zimbabweland offers a recap of the year so far....
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Pastoralists gather in Mongolia for the UN Desertification conference

Back in April, I was invited to present at the Pastoralism and Dryland Development (PADD) seminar...
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Savory tales: controversies from the Zimbabwean bush

The book is full of dangerous encounters with wildlife as well as mad exploits with everything...
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Zimbabweans flee xenophobic violence in South Africa. What next?

The recent xenophobic violence in South Africa has caused a mass exodus of migrants from the...
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China, Brazil and African agriculture: what has changed?

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Inspirations in an age of uncertainty

As we await the next short series of blogs featuring our new films on our work...
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The politics of land use change over 25 years in Zimbabwe

The gaze from space is very seductive. Satellite image analysis seems to dominate land use systems...
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“We can’t talk of the environment without taking about the local leadership” Why politics matter when thinking about land use change in Zimbabwe

Participatory discussions on land use and environmental change were undertaken in our Masvingo sites in early...
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Environmental change in a fragile ecosystem: challenges after land reform in Zimbabwe

Continuing our investigation of environmental change, a further participatory discussion on land use and environmental change...

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