Negotiating Demographic Change: Sustaining Land Reform Success in Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Negotiating demographic change: sustaining land reform success in Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Here we have two such sites – Clare farm in Gutu district and Wondedzo extension in Masvingo district. In these sites, people were allocated plots (around 30ha) to include homesteads, farmland and grazing in one area (more like a (very) small commercial farm, hence the likelihood that these will be reclassified as A2 areas soon). These were supposed to be independent, productive commercial farms and were regarded as the ‘best’ option by settlers…

Negotiating demographic change: sustaining land reform success in Masvingo, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe Situation

Source: Negotiating demographic change: sustaining land reform success in Masvingo, Zimbabwe | zimbabweland The challenges of managing generational change within farm households was highlighted by the A1 self-contained land reform sites in Masvingo province. Here we have two such sites – Clare farm in Gutu district and Wondedzo extension in Masvingo district. In these sites, people were allocated plots (around 30ha) to include homesteads, farmla…