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Failing institutions: the challenge of governing natural resources in Zimbabwe

Ian Scoones
Failing institutions: the challenge of governing natural resources in Zimbabwe
Resource governance in Zimbabwe is largely a decentralised function...
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The trouble with elephants: why limits on culling are bad for conservation

Elephants are some of the most majestic animals in African savannahs, but they can also be...
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Health workers on the front-line: experiences from rural Zimbabwe

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 (the first case recorded in Zimbabwe was...
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‘Living under contract’: reflections after 25 years

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Worker-peasants and peasant-workers: new labour regimes in rural Zimbabwe

Much academic debate about rural farm labour has focused on the idea of linear transitions in...
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COVID-19 spreads to rural Zimbabwe

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Land reform in England?

Access to land is not only a concern in places like Zimbabwe. In England, less than...
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Zimbabwe faces a COVID-19 surge: what is happening in the rural areas?

The increase in COVID-19 cases in Zimbabwe has been significant in the weeks since our last blog....
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COVID-19 and economic transformation in rural Zimbabwe

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How land reform transformed small towns in Zimbabwe

Our recent paper – small towns and land reform in Zimbabwe – out in the European Journal of Development...
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Small towns and agricultural development in Africa

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Rural livelihoods in the pandemic: notes from Zimbabwe

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Beyond the silver bullet solution: towards a ‘systems agronomy’ perspective

The previous two blogs (here and here) have discussed the Pfumvudza conservation agriculture programme that has become a...
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Conservation agriculture: latest experiences from Zimbabwe

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