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Can AI models help farmers in the face of uncertainty?

Ian Scoones
Previous generations of tech optimists have sold the idea that better prediction will solve farmers’ problems through improved early warning and anticipatory action....
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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

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Pastoralists gather in Mongolia for the UN Desertification conference

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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?

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China, Brazil and African agriculture: what has changed?

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Inspirations in an age of uncertainty

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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

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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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‘It is our duty to look after the environment, while it also looks after us’ Reflections on environmental change from Zimbabwe

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Land use change in Hariana A1 resettlement area, Mvurwi, northern Zimbabwe

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