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Accumulating through tobacco: the case of Mvurwi in Zimbabwe

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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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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

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Navigating uncertainty: a blog compilation

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Adapting to climate change: co-constructing solutions on the ground

Climate change is perhaps the most challenging source of uncertainty faced by humanity today...
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Taking uncertainty seriously in disaster preparedness and response

The news is full of disasters: droughts, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, chemical spills and more. They...
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Real-time reliability: managing uncertainties in critical infrastructures

‘Critical infrastructures’ are those that deliver important goods and services to society in the face of...
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What is safe for whom? Negotiating new technologies under conditions of uncertainty

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