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Medium-scale resettlement farms in Masvingo and Gutu districts in Zimbabwe: what has happened since 2000?

Ian Scoones
Our sample of 50 A2 farms across Gutu and Masvingo districts range from the ‘highveld’ grazing areas to the north of Gutu to the peri-urban areas...
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17.11.2025 16:23

New types of ranching on medium-scale land reform farms in Matobo, Zimbabwe

The A2 farms in Matobo are in some of the most remote parts of the district....
4.11.2025 18:59

Is the end of sanctions on Zimbabwe near?

This could see the end of one of the last formal sanctions on Zimbabwe, offering hope...
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South African confusions over land reform

As followers of this blog will know, I have recently been in South Africa where debates...
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Why land redistribution must be central to human flourishing in an era of extreme inequality

Land redistribution is not the flavour of the month. Many see it as impossible, an idealistic...
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The politics of land: introducing an important new collection

Land is central to contemporary debates about politics as anyone in Zimbabwe knows well. Land sustains...
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Towards ICARRD+20: debating land, life and society in Cape Town

Next week several hundred participants from across the world will gather in Cape Town for a...
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Debating uncertainty: from a politics of control to a politics of care

By avoiding the political, institutional, professional drives to close down to risk, spaces can be opened...
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Why working with – not against – the informal economy is essential: some lessons from Zimbabwe

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How are cattle herders in Zimbabwe managing January disease?

Since 2016, January disease (theileriosis) has decimated more than half a million cattle in many rural...
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Where is home? Land, home and belonging in land reform areas in Zimbabwe

For me, home is where my assets are. A lot of my assets are in Bulawayo;...
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Managing livestock in a variable, fragmented landscape: challenges of accumulation in Matobo, Zimbabwe

Most of the huge ranches that took up much of Matobo district outside the crowded communal...
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Accumulating through tobacco: the case of Mvurwi in Zimbabwe

Mvurwi area is in Mazowe district, some 100km north of Harare....
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Former farm workers in Mvurwi: structural constraints on success

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