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COVID-19 and economic transformation in rural Zimbabwe

Ian Scoones
Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 situation looks uncertain, with localised outbreaks and a rise in infections south of the Limpopo in South Africa....
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How land reform transformed small towns in Zimbabwe

Our recent paper – small towns and land reform in Zimbabwe – out in the European Journal of Development...
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Small towns and agricultural development in Africa

The most recent Africa Agriculture Status Report from AGRA, ‘Feeding Africa’s Cities: Opportunities, Challenges, and Policies...
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Rural livelihoods in the pandemic: notes from Zimbabwe

Half a million people have now been vaccinated in Zimbabwe, but this is still only 3.5%...
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Conservation agriculture: latest experiences from Zimbabwe

In the last blog, I introduced the Pfumvudza programme in Zimbabwe, a version of conservation agriculture that has...
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Can the Pfumvudza conservation agriculture programme deliver food security in Zimbabwe?

It looks like it’s going to be a good harvest this year in Zimbabwe....
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FAO recognises farmer-led irrigation as a major contributor to agricultural development

Buried deep in a long report on water and agriculture by FAO – the flagship state...
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Frontier politics in Zimbabwe: the Chilonga case

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Vaccine politics in Zimbabwe

If you didn’t know already, vaccines are political....
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Medium-scale commercial farming in Zimbabwe: how has it fared since land reform?

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

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

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

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Lockdown politics: reflections from Zimbabwe

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