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Foreign farmers prioritised over locals in Zimbabwe land payouts, SADC watchdog says

  Ben Freeth Ahuman rights advocate has criticised Zimbabwe’s compensation framework for former commercial farmers, warning...

ICARRD+20 kicks off this week: can the challenge of redistributive land reform be addressed?

Given the on-going concentration of wealth – including land – addressing inequality is a core challenge...

China helps Zimbabwe grow US$1.2 billion tobacco crop amid debt, health concerns

As Zimbabwe’s largest agricultural export and a primary foreign currency earner, tobacco dominates its trade with...

Livestock, climate change and land reform in southern Africa

The report, edited by Tapiwa Chatikobo and Ben Cousins, explores how small-scale livestock producers manage the...

Rethinking with uncertainty: two new articles

Two open access articles have just come out that take the theme of ‘uncertainty’ and explore...

South Africa’s maize export activity continues, but at a slower pace

I am at my desk reviewing agricultural data we received this week, and I thought I...

Changes in livelihood success: comparing communal areas and smallholder land reform areas in Zimbabwe

As discussed in the previous blog, we carried out repeat ‘success rankings’ in three of our...

Livelihood opportunities in Zimbabwe’s communal areas: too poor to succeed?

We are interested in comparing the fortunes of the two types of land use....

Zimbabwe rolls out FAO voucher programme as El Niño threatens food security

The intervention is part of FAO’s Nourish and Thrive initiative, and it functions in a manner...

The future of ‘development’ – and IDS@60

This year is the 60th anniversary of the Institute of Development Studies based at the University of...

Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Success Is a Policy Achievement. The Opportunity Now Is Execution

Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry is one of the country’s clearest demonstrations of what is possible when national...

Post-calving struggles leave farmers fearing cattle losses

Farmers in the Matobo district have raised an alarm over growing difficulties in managing cattle after...

Welcome to the international year of rangelands and pastoralists, 2026

Zimbabwe includes many pastoral and agropastoral systems, sharing many of the characteristics of seen in the...

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