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Debating uncertainty: from a politics of control to a politics of care

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

All informal players are heavily taxed...
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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....
2.6.2025 19:41

Former farm workers in Mvurwi: structural constraints on success

There are just too many barriers....
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Understanding success in the villagised land reform farms in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe

Villagised farms, with allocated homestead areas and fields and common grazing, are the most common type...
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Negotiating demographic change: sustaining land reform success in Masvingo, Zimbabwe

The challenges of managing generational change within farm households was highlighted by the A1 self-contained land...
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What is ‘success’ in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas?

What constitutes ‘success’ if you have land in the A1 land reform areas in Zimbabwe? This...
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Livelihood asset accumulation by young people in post-land reform Zimbabwe

Our studies of young people across our A1 land reform sites in Zimbabwe show the real...
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Is going to school still worth it? Dilemmas for young people in post-land reform Zimbabwe

There is a large literature on the economic returns to education around the world. Most of...
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The next generation is redefining what is meant by a ‘farm’ and ‘home’ in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas

As the next generation seeks out land-based livelihoods in the land reform areas and beyond, many...
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Zimbabweland’s festive top 20 for 2024

As has become the tradition at this time of year, this week I am sharing a...

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