26.5.2025 7:37

Understanding success in the villagised land reform farms in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe

Ian Scoones
Villagised farms, with allocated homestead areas and fields and common grazing, are the most common type of land reform farm across the country, including in Masvingo...
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19.5.2025 18:41

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...
28.4.2025 19:24

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...
7.4.2025 18:54

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...
24.3.2025 19:54

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...
10.3.2025 18:39

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...
16.12.2024 17:54

Zimbabweland’s festive top 20 for 2024

As has become the tradition at this time of year, this week I am sharing a...
2.12.2024 19:26

A new tenure regime for Zimbabwe’s land reform areas?

On 8th October, an unexpected cabinet announcement laid out plans for a completely new tenure regime in the...
28.10.2024 21:26

Navigating uncertainty: a blog compilation

Over the last 8 weeks I have provided a summary of each of the chapters of...
15.10.2024 4:52

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

Climate change is perhaps the most challenging source of uncertainty faced by humanity today...
17.6.2024 21:59

Long live land reform! Reflections on Michael Lipton’s classic book

Zimbabwe is implementing reforms in a bid to drag itself out of a debt crisis that...
3.6.2024 18:53

The World Bank and land: some questions

The World Bank’s land conference returned this year in May after a gap since 2019. It is the...
20.5.2024 18:29

Learning lessons on land grabbing and agrarian reform in Colombia

But against all odds, and frequently faced with great danger, social movements are winning struggles for...
18.3.2024 20:20

The politics of Zimbabwe’s land reform: winners and losers

The political debates about the rights and wrongs of Zimbabwe’s land reform continue to occupy many....

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