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Young people and land in Zimbabwe: livelihood challenges after land reform

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  • Ian Scoones
  • Blasio Mavedzenge
  • Felix Murimbarimba

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This article explores the livelihood challenges and opportunities of young people following Zimbabwe's land reform in 2000. The article explores the life courses of a cohort of men and women, all children of land reform settlers, in two contrasting smallholder land reform sites. Major challenges to social reproduction are highlighted, reflected in an extended ‘waithood’, while some opportunities for accumulation are observed, notably in intensive agricultural production and agriculture-linked business enterprises. In conclusion, the implications of generational transfer of land, assets and livelihood opportunities are discussed in the context of Zimbabwe's agrarian reform.

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  • Ian Scoones & Blasio Mavedzenge & Felix Murimbarimba, 2019. "Young people and land in Zimbabwe: livelihood challenges after land reform," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(159), pages 117-134, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:46:y:2019:i:159:p:117-134
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2019.1610938
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    1. Ian Scoones & Felix Murimbarimba, 2021. "Small Towns and Land Reform in Zimbabwe," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 33(6), pages 2040-2062, December.
    2. Luxon Mutsakani & Anesu Mironga, 2022. "Performance of Local Governments in Zimbabwe under The COVID 19 Pandemic: A Case of Mvurwi and Harare," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 6(5), pages 900-906, May.
    3. Moreda, Tsegaye, 2023. "The social dynamics of access to land, livelihoods and the rural youth in an era of rapid rural change: Evidence from Ethiopia," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).

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