Land Reform under Structural Adjustment in Zimbabwe : Land Use Change in the Machonaland Provinces

by Moyo, Sam

• ISBN13: 9789171064578
• ISBN10: 9171064575
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Stylus Pub Llc

Summary

This study represents a first systematic effort to document Zimbabwe's new land uses during the years of economic crisis, the role of the state in promoting them, the differentiation associated with them, not only between black and white farmers, but also among them, and the implications of all these for the political economy of the Zimbabwean land question. The fact that some of the new land uses avoid redistribution of clearly under-utilised large scale commercial farms suggests that the Zimbabwean land question will remain a live political issue for a long time.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(11)
Zimbabwe's New Land Question	11	(7)
Introductory Remarks	11	(1)
The Research Questions	12	(2)
Zimbabwe's Land Question in Perspective	14	(3)
Study Layout	17	(1)
Methodological Framework and Study Area	18	(33)
Understanding the Influences and Impact of Structural Adjustment Policy Reforms	18	(3)
Emerging Perspectives and Methodology on the Land Question	21	(11)
Identifying New Land Uses and New Actors	32	(5)
Selecting the Study Area	37	(2)
The Study Area: Mashonaland, Shamva District and Other Sites	39	(3)
The Data and Its Collection	42	(4)
Limitations of Data and Sources	46	(3)
Summary	49	(2)
Policy and Institutional Context	51	(34)
Introduction	51	(1)
Macro-Economic and Agricultural Policy Influences on Land Policy	51	(8)
Specific Land Use Policies and Regulations Affecting Land Policy	59	(13)
Land Policy Changes in the 1990s	72	(11)
Conclusions	83	(2)
Changing Land Uses and the Reconstruction of the Land Question	85	(59)
Introduction	85	(1)
Macro Level Spatial Distribution of New Land Uses	85	(5)
Development of the Horticulture Sector	90	(18)
Wildlife Land Use Patterns	108	(23)
Intensive Wildlife Land Use: Ostrich Husbandry	131	(10)
Summary of New Land Use Developments	141	(3)
Politics and Actors in New Land Struggles	144	(17)
The Politics of New Land Users	144	(1)
The Organisational Framework of New Land Uses	145	(4)
The Issues Raised by New Land Uses	149	(10)
Summary Remarks	159	(2)
Concluding Remarks	161	(6)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	167	(10)
ANNEXES	177	(1)
Annex 1.0 Profile of Researcher, Research Assistants and Persons Interviewed and Case Studies	177	(7)
Annex 2.0 Methodological Framework and Study Area	184	(4)
Annex 3.0 Policy and Institutional Context	188	(1)
Annex 4.0 Changing Land Uses and Reconstructing the Land Question	189	(16)
Annex 5.0 Politics and Major Actors in the New Land Struggles	205	(8)
Annex 6.0 Questionnaires	213