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Land Reform and New Meaning of Rural Development in Zimbabwe

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dc.creator Shonhe, Toendepi
dc.date 2022-04-20T08:40:41Z
dc.date 2022-04-20T08:40:41Z
dc.date 2019-10-10
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:54:29Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:54:29Z
dc.identifier Shonhe, Toendepi. (2019) Land Reform and New Meaning of Rural Development in Zimbabwe, International Conference on Public Administration and Development Alternatives
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17319
dc.identifier http://ulspace.ul.ac.za/handle/10386/2682
dc.identifier Rural Futures
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/199073
dc.description This paper reveals new meanings of rural development emerging following a dramatic land reform program and changes in the roles of capital in Zimbabwe. The economy-wide crisis wrought by capital flight in response to the fast track land reform program (FTLRP) carried out from 2000 reconfigured the financing and marketing of agricultural produce thereby created new a paradigm of rural development in Zimbabwe. The initial slowdown in agricultural production that caused de-industrialisation in urban areas is currently undergoing a reversal process. However, not much research has been carried out to reveal the emerging meanings of rural development in Zimbabwe. The FTLRP resulted in the reconfiguration of the land ownership patterns that significantly changed land utilisation patterns. In seeking to reveal the new meanings of rural development in Zimbabwe, this paper applies empirical data collected through documentary analysis, two surveys and in-depth interviews carried out in Hwedza and Mvurwi between 2016 and 2019. The article informs the debate on land and rural development in Zimbabwe. In so doing, the paper concludes that rural development has been reshaped in line with the new land use patterns in rural Zimbabwe. Private indigenous agrarian capital and the demands of the smallholder farmers undergird rural development as opposed to public investment and large-scale commercial farming capital of the past.
dc.language en
dc.publisher International Conference on Public Administration and Development Alternatives
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dc.rights International Conference on Public Administration and Development Alternatives (IPADA), paper reproduced with permssion.
dc.subject Agriculture
dc.subject Economic Development
dc.subject Finance
dc.subject Rural Development
dc.title Land Reform and New Meaning of Rural Development in Zimbabwe
dc.type Conference paper
dc.coverage Zimbabwe


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