12.4.2021 10:50

FAO recognises farmer-led irrigation as a major contributor to agricultural development

Ian Scoones
Buried deep in a long report on water and agriculture by FAO – the flagship state of food and agriculture report of 2020 – there is...
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22.2.2021 11:06

Medium-scale commercial farming in Zimbabwe: how has it fared since land reform?

There are those who are beneficiaries of patronage for sure, including via Command Agriculture...
8.2.2021 7:05

The rich people’s virus? Latest reflections from Zimbabwe

A disease of the urban rich and powerful?...
1.2.2021 10:30

Can South Africa help find a way out of Zimbabwe’s on-going crises?

I don’t know how many times this blog has commented on the worsening economic and political...
18.1.2021 6:59

‘The land is the economy, the economy is the land’, but does this include young people?

Reflections from Zimbabwe...
11.1.2021 11:41

Lockdown politics: reflections from Zimbabwe

Another very severe lockdown was imposed on 2 January, with strict movement restrictions...
7.12.2020 9:47

Unequal land, unequal societies

The report adopts a new methodology for exploring land inequalities, taking account not just of patterns...
9.11.2020 10:17

Women and young people in Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 economy

I had another catch-up with colleagues in Zimbabwe recently, reflecting on the COVID-19 situation and its...
26.10.2020 6:58

Land reform in Matabeleland: the challenges of living in a harsh, variable environment

The land reform story in Matabeleland has been under-researched, but now there are some new findings...
12.10.2020 8:00

The return of fortress conservation: why excluding people means biodiversity conservation will fail

International donors have sponsored the training of game rangers...
27.9.2020 17:33

“Know your epidemic”: Reflections from Zimbabwe

“Know your epidemic, act on its politics” was a lesson learned in the HIV/AIDS pandemic....
7.9.2020 7:02

Innovation in the pandemic: an update from Zimbabwe

I  had the latest long discussion on responses to COVID-19 in our rural study areas across the...
27.8.2020 7:44

Still debating land tenure reform in Zimbabwe

As part of the on-going discussions about Zimbabwe’s new land policy, land tenure is a central concern....
13.7.2020 6:50

Who are the commercial farmers? A history of Mvurwi area, Zimbabwe

For some the answer to who are the commercial farmers in Zimbabwe is obvious. The image...

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