4.10.2022 7:59

Learning in a pandemic: real-time research on COVID-19 in rural Zimbabwe

Ian Scoones
In March 2020, when COVID-19 first arrived in Zimbabwe, we decided to switch our research focus to study the unfolding implications of the pandemic in our...
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19.9.2022 19:36

How does agricultural commercialisation affect livelihoods in Zimbabwe?

The question of how agricultural commercialisation affects livelihoods has been central to the recently completed APRA...
7.9.2022 9:06

Tobacco and agrarian change in southern Africa

Tobacco has shaped politics, generating interest groups, forging alliances and resulting in different sources of rent...
22.8.2022 12:45

The future of Zimbabwe’s agrarian sector: a new book

new book on land and agriculture Zimbabwe...
31.7.2022 8:59

The changing face of urban agriculture in Zimbabwe

Over the last four weeks, the blog has explored the changing face of urban agriculture across...
11.7.2022 10:48

Urban agriculture in Zimbabwe: a photo story

Over the last few weeks the team from Chikombedzi, Triangle, Matobo, Masvingo, Chatsworth and Mvurwi have...
27.6.2022 11:10

The growth of urban agriculture in Zimbabwe

The growth of urban agriculture in Zimbabwe has been phenomenal. Every space seems to be cultivated,...
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Rethinking disaster responses: from risk to uncertainty

Previous blogs in this series have highlighted how farmers’ responses to ‘drought’ are focused on adaptive...
30.5.2022 8:12

Insuring against disaster: the politics of protection

One of the most popular responses to drought – and disasters more generally – by aid...
23.5.2022 8:41

Farming with variability: mobilising responses to drought uncertainties in Zimbabwe

Climate change is generating greater variability within and across seasons. This is requiring new responses among...
16.5.2022 12:15

What is drought? Local constructions, diverse perceptions

There is a huge government and aid machinery to respond to ‘drought’ in Zimbabwe. Humanitarian relief,...
9.5.2022 7:16

Contested conservancies: livestock, wildlife and people in Laikipia, Kenya

To complement the recent series of blogs on conservation and development issues in the southeast Lowveld...
2.5.2022 8:47

Conservation conflicts: land use in Zimbabwe’s Lowveld

The conservation of biodiversity in places where people also live and farm is not straightforward. The...
26.4.2022 12:42

Failing institutions: the challenge of governing natural resources in Zimbabwe

Resource governance in Zimbabwe is largely a decentralised function...

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