James currey, weaver press, and jacana media, 2010. Zimbabwe suffered a dire crisis of governance that powersharing between the. Four myths about zimbabwean land reform opinion politicsweb. This paper o ffers an overview of the main findings 1. Thezimbabwean 18 november 2010 zimbabwes land reform. Disparity between policy design and implementation medicine masiiwa institute of development studies university of zimbabwe may 2004 note.
Its findings have been met with mixed feelings from the farming community. Led by the university of the western capes programme for land and agrarian. Debating zimbabwes land reform by ian scoones is a 224 page lowcost book and is available through amazon. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or. Myths and realities of zimbabwes land reform jstor. Chapter 2 provides rich detail on the complicated processes of land reform in masvingo, including who got which land since 2000, in terms of class and gender categories, and their motivations and ambitions in acquiring land, and introduces the three success groups sg noted above.
Jan 28, 20 thankfully, magazines like the new african have always painted a more balanced picture, and academics such as those who published zimbabwes land reform. Request pdf on jul 1, 2011, kirk helliker and others published zimbabwes land reform. Myths and realities provides the first full account of the consequences of the 2000 land reform. In it they contest five principal myths concerning zimbabwes land reform. Accompanying the book were a series of 8 videos, voices from the field, as well as downloadable summaries. Myths and realities find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Thezimbabwean 18 november 2010 feature on thursday 15 by ian scoones m ost coverage of zimbabwes land reform insists that agricultural production has almost totally collapsed, that food insecurity is rife, that rural economies are in pre. In sum, the realities on the ground did not match the myths so often perpetuated in wider debate. Moyo, the interaction of market and compulsory land acquisition processes with social action in zimbabwes land reform, p. Myths and realities by ian scoones, nelson marongwe, blasio mavedzenge, jacob mahenehene, felix murimbarimba and chrispen sukume, journal of agrarian change on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips.
The study area stretched from the higher potential areas near gutu to the dry south in the lowveld. The answers are extremely complex, and discussed in detail in zimbabwes land reform. Most a1 schemes emerged from processes of land invasion, while the a2 allocations were through formal although. May 14, 2012 this series of 8 videos shows the experiences of some of the farmers who gained land following zimbabwes controversial land reform from 2000. This book challenges five myths through the examination of the ten years after the land invasions of 2000, this book provides the first full account of the consequences.
Jan 01, 2010 this land reform overturned a centuryold pattern of land use, one dominated by a small group of largescale commercial farmers, many of whom were white. Myths and realities james currey who have studied the land reform exist, even if it appears like they were trying to shout across a howling gale of colonial propaganda. Myths and realities african issues book by ian scoones et al it is one of the best seller books in this month. Myths and realities by ian scoones, nelson marongwe, blasio mavedzenge, jacob mahenehene, felix murimbarimba and chrispen sukume. New agriculturalist destroys most popular myths about zimbabwe s land reform and rural economy. The first, zimbabwes fasttrack land reform, is by prosper matondi, director of the ruziwo trust, and a very wellinformed commentator on zimbabwes land issues. Myths and realities is fascinating, exhaustive and immensely readable. Regardless of the causes, there have been what the authors term myths about land reform, and in this book, zimbabwes land reform. It goes beyond the myths to try to tell the story of a province whose reality might hold true for. The study reported that of around 7 million hectares of land redistributed via the land reform or 20% of zimbabwes area, 49.
The past decade of land resettlement has unleashed a process of radical. The paper provides a summary of some of the key findings from a tenyear study in masvingo province and the book zimbabwe s land reform. Introduction at independence in 1980 zimbabwe inherited a highly skewed pattern of land distribution. The paper provides a summary of some of the key findings from a tenyear study in masvingo province and the book zimbabwes land reform. Studies, and involving researchers in south africa. The paper documents the nature of the radical transformation of agrarian structure that has occurred both nationally and within the province, and the implications for agricultural.
Most commentary on zimbabwes land reform insists that agricultural production has almost totally collapsed, that food insecurity is rife, that rural economies are in precipitous decline, that political cronies have taken over the land and that. Myths and realities, by ian scoones, nelson marongwe, blasio mavedzenge, jacob mahenehene, felix murimbarimba, and chrispen sukume. Masvingo province since 2000 and reported in the book, zimbabwes land reform. Nov 18, 2010 zimbabwe s often violent land reform programme has not been the complete economic disaster widely portrayed, a study by the uk s institute of development studies at sussex university finds. The study reported that of around 7 million hectares of land redistributed via the land reform or 20% of zimbabwe s area, 49. Apr 01, 2011 the research titled zimbabwes land reform.
Zimbabwes land reform examines the myths and realities surrounding the controversial fast track land reform programme introduced in. Ten years after the land invasions of 2000, this book provides the first full account of the consequences of these dramatic events. Dec 15, 2010 the answers are extremely complex, and discussed in detail in zimbabwes land reform. Land reform has historically focused on redistributing land owned by white to black farmers, to correct what the postindependence leadership said were colonial wrongs of the past. But despite the general consensus not to repeat zimbabwes economic disaster, few people disagree that land ownership needs to be reformed in south africa. An adapted version of this paper appears in the edited collection post independence land reform in zimbabwe, published in may 2004 by the friedrich ebert stiftung in harare.
The study involved indepth field research in 16 land reform sites across the province, involving a sample population of 400 households. Challenges the commonly held myths about zimbabwes land reform. Myth 1 zimbabwean land reform has been a total failure myth 2 the beneficiaries of zimbabwean land reform have been largely political cronies myth 3 there is no investment in the new resettlements myth 4 agriculture is in complete ruins creating. This did, of course, happen, and continues to do so. This was the aim of work carried out in masvingo province over the past decade and reported in the book, zimbabwes land reform. Most coverage of zimbabwes land reform insists that.
But despite the general consensus not to repeat zimbabwe s economic disaster, few people disagree that land ownership needs to be reformed in south africa. Avaliable format in pdf, epub, mobi, kindle, ebook and audiobook. A critical analysis of the land reform programme in zimbabwe. Myths and realities by ian scoones, nelson marongwe, blasio mavedzenge, jacob mahenehene, felix. Myths and realities, ian scoones and his coauthors seek to set the record straight, through empirical investigation of what happened after the ftlr began. This series of 8 videos shows the experiences of some of the farmers who gained land following zimbabwes controversial land reform from 2000. The paper documents the nature of the radical transformation of agrarian structure that has occurred both nationally and within the province, and the implications for agricultural production and livelihoods. Challenging the myths article pdf available in journal of peasant studies 385. The book is based on work largely carried out in the mid2000s in mazowe, shamva and mangwe by a large team of zimbabwean researchers, supported by oxfam among others. This work provides an empirically grounded understanding of what happened in masvingo zoe groves.