From maize to horticulture, but challenges of succession ahead in Masvingo province land reform sites, Zimbabwe

From maize to horticulture, but challenges of succession ahead in Masvingo province land reform sites, Zimbabwe

During these years in our A1 sites many in our sample invested in fine homes, along with the continuing to support children in education, now often upgraded to boarding and other better schools as the quality of public education declined. Cattle were purchased and herds built up in the then plentiful grazing areas. This pattern however did not last. There was a sequence of droughts that reduced crop yields, and the effort used to plant large out…