ABSTRACT

This volume reflects on the recent political developments in Zimbabwe and their current and future impact on the agrarian sector.

Utilising new empirical data gathered across Zimbabwe, the contributors shed light on the liberalisation of agricultural policy after Mugabe. Chapters examine how the adoption of neo-liberal orthodoxy in agrarian policy making will affect the new agrarian structure, looking at issues such as productivity, the impact on vulnerable groups, changing land tenure arrangements, joint ventures and land grabbing.

Providing a new way of conceptualising Zimbabwe’s agrarian futures, this book will be of interest to researchers, NGOs and policymakers interested in the politics of land and agriculture in Zimbabwe and southern Africa.

chapter 3|20 pages

Changing agrarian discourses and practices in Zimbabwe

Reflections on food sovereignty prospects

chapter 4|16 pages

Land reform, land barons and ‘land lords’

Urban land deals and housing development in the context of land redistribution in Zimbabwe, c. 2000–2020

chapter 6|15 pages

Zimbabwe's new dispensation

Change or continuity in smallholder tobacco farming

chapter 7|19 pages

Between a rock and a hard place

The changing fortunes of the smallholder tobacco farmer in Zimbabwe

chapter 8|22 pages

Escaping enclavity?

Coffee production revival strategy in post fast track land reform Zimbabwe; 2010–2021

chapter 10|19 pages

Agrarian futures matter

A1 farmers' investment in land and agriculture post-Zimbabwe's land reform

chapter 11|21 pages

Displacements and land conflicts

Implications for land tenure security and gendered livelihoods in Zimbabwe post-2017