11.5.2020 11:47

Zimbabwe’s land reform areas twenty years on (1): A blog series

Ian Scoones
This post introduces a new blog series, based on new data that have just been analysed...
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27.4.2020 8:13

COVID-19 lockdown in Zimbabwe: a disaster for farmers

This blog is a summary of a recorded conversation on 23 April 2020. Thanks to the...
13.4.2020 14:44

Living with coronavirus: lessons from pastoralists?

Moments of surprise can expose deep uncertainties and even ignorance. They also uncover issues of contested...
30.3.2020 9:12

Surviving COVID-19 in a fragile state: why social resilience is essential

The article below appeared on African Arguments’ Debating Ideas blog last Friday. As of 29 March there were 7 cases,...
3.3.2020 12:20

Zimbabwe’s economy goes from bad to worse

Zimbabwe’s economy continues to decline, with inflation spiralling and the new local currency losing value by...
18.2.2020 5:41

Can joint ventures and sub-letting unleash Zimbabwe’s agricultural potential?

The under-performance of parts of Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector continues. This mostly applies to large estates and...
20.1.2020 7:05

UK-Africa trade and investment: is it good for development?

Just ten days before Brexit is declared, the UK is hosting a major investment summit, attended by...
16.12.2019 8:25

Zimbabweland”s festive top 20 for 2019

For readers of the blog who want to catch up, the ‘top 20’ most viewed blogs...
9.12.2019 12:36

Why is there food insecurity in Zimbabwe?

The food situation in Zimbabwe this year is bad. But what’s the cause?...
2.12.2019 8:16

Uncertainty and the Zimbabwean economy

Over the last month, there have been a number of reviews of progress – or the...
25.11.2019 6:43

What does pro-poor rural development mean for Zimbabwe?

During last year’s election campaign, Tendai Biti from the opposition MDC, characterised the rural areas as ‘reservoirs of...
18.11.2019 5:43

Water, sanitation and energy supply in Masvingo’s communal areas

When we started our research on the new resettlement areas in the early 2000s, one of...
11.11.2019 6:22

Institutions, social relations and rural development in Zimbabwe

Social and political relations are central to land and agricultural production. Unlike in the resettlement areas, where...
28.10.2019 7:06

Livestock production: the limits of extensive systems in Zimbabwe

As the previous blog described, the communal area sites we have been studying in Masvingo rarely produced sufficient...

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