5.6.2017 10:00

Africa must take the lead in addressing global health challenges

Africa must take the lead in addressing global health challenges
The new Director General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is a former minister of health in Ethiopia. Africa – at last –...
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29.5.2017 6:56

Commercial agriculture in Africa: winners and losers

The findings of the Land and Agricultural Commercialisation in Africa project, funded by DFID and ESRC,...
25.5.2017 9:50

Did a shot ‘Presidential’ elephant fall on hunter Theunis Botha in Hwange?

We speak to Sharon Pincott....
22.5.2017 6:31

The Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative: small grants call

This week the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI) is being launched, with a small grants programme....
18.5.2017 6:27

Political violence, deprivation of food and denial of rights to education & health care

Zimbabwe Peace Project is introducing Monthly Monitoring Reports in video form....
15.5.2017 6:28

Women and land: challenges of empowerment

Rights to land for women have been enshrined in law in Zimbabwe, but the practice of...
10.5.2017 5:41

Open letter to all disposessed Zimbabwean farmers

The issue of compensation, the compensation steering committee And the valuation consortium (VALCON)...
8.5.2017 6:17

Methods for agrarian political economy: reflecting on Sam Moyo’s contributions

Some of the articles for a new special issue of Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy...
7.5.2017 12:34

Heal Zimbabwe condemns police attack on tobacco farmers

Heal Zimbabwe strongly condemns the violent attack on tobacco farmers by riot police at Tobacco Sales...
1.5.2017 13:48

Tobacco and contract farming in Zimbabwe

How does commercial agriculture – and particularly contract farming – affect agrarian dynamics? We have been...
24.4.2017 5:45

What prospects for the next generation of rural Zimbabweans?

After the brief interlude last week, this blog concludes the series of five pieces on youth...
23.4.2017 12:36

Resettled Zimbabwe farmers left high and dry

Ten years ago, former bricklayer Samuel Musengi was allocated a nine-hectare plot to cultivate in Zimbabwe...
21.4.2017 14:29

Zimbabwe’s communities fight climate change through community livelihoods project

MAKONI WEST, Zimbabwe-Many women in Zimbabwe’s rural communities used to spend most their time either lazing...
10.4.2017 6:08

Diverse life courses: difficult choices for young people in rural Zimbabwe

To get a sense of how livelihoods are composed, we must look over time, and get...

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