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Old wine in new bottles? Revisiting contract farming after agrarian reform in Zimbabwe

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This contribution explores emerging features of social relations of production as expressed through the contract farming system in Zimbabwe. It seeks to link earlier research on plantation-based outgrower schemes in tea and sugar that were on a modest scale, to contemporary contract farming in tobacco and cotton that has expanded to a relatively large scale in the post-land reform period. The article questions whether the current expansion wave is a qualitatively new process or a variant of ‘old wine in new bottles’ in terms of relations between growers and large capital. Some themes for research are then outlined potentially to address emerging pertinent issues arising out of contemporary contract farming arrangements.

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  • Lloyd Sachikonye, 2016. "Old wine in new bottles? Revisiting contract farming after agrarian reform in Zimbabwe," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(0), pages 86-98, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:43:y:2016:i:0:p:86-98
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2016.1217836
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    1. Schoneveld, George C., 2022. "Transforming food systems through inclusive agribusiness," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
    2. Freedom Mazwi & Paris Yeros, 2023. "Zimbabwe’s Command Agriculture: Problems of Planning Under Neoliberalism," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 12(4), pages 431-454, December.
    3. Bhanye, Johannes & Shayamunda, Ruvimbo Hazel & Mpahlo, Rumbidzai Irene & Matamanda, Abraham & Kachena, Lameck, 2023. "Land politics and settlers’ responses to land tenure under threat in emerging peri-urban spaces in Zimbabwe," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 135(C).
    4. Freedom Mazwi & Abel Chemura & George T. Mudimu & Walter Chambati, 2019. "Political Economy of Command Agriculture in Zimbabwe: A State-led Contract Farming Model," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 8(1-2), pages 232-257, April.
    5. Bellemare, Marc F. & Bloem, Jeffrey R., 2018. "Does contract farming improve welfare? A review," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 259-271.

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