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

Scoones, Ian; Mavedzenge, Blasio; Murimbarimba, Felix

doi:10.1080/03056244.2019.1610938

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“…There is an important generational dimension to whether, when and how young people can access land for farming (Amanor, 2010;White, 2012;Berckmoes and White, 2014;Bezu and Holden, 2014;Allen et al, 2016;Kosec et al, 2018;Filloux et al, 2019;Scoones et al, 2019). Almost by definition, youth are (in a narrow, strict sense) landless, even in households that do have access to agricultural land.…”

Section: Economic Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Youth and Food Systems Transformation

Glover

Sumberg

2020

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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What, if anything, is special about youth with respect to engagement in food systems? This question is important, owing to the size of the current demographic cohort of youth, globally but especially in the majority world, as well as the large stake, and strong influence, that today's youth will have in the development trajectories and future sustainability of food systems. Although youth is often framed as an age category for policy and bureaucratic purposes, this simplification obscures important dimensions of what being a youth means and entails. It makes comparisons and generalizations simple but misleading, because age-based classifications are nationally and culturally specific. In this paper, we argue that youth is better understood relationally, as a transitional phase within the life course. While every human being depends on consuming food, their individual transition from childhood to adulthood involves-as a very stylized generalization-a significant enlargement of autonomy and independence, as well as an increased likelihood of being substantially and directly involved in the production, distribution, procurement and/or preparation of food, as well as its consumption. However, each person's youth transition and their relationship with food systems is uniquely shaped by specific intersections with multiple factors including gender, class, wealth, health, location, intergenerational relationships, and many others. We conclude that there are only a few, important but not necessarily dominant, ways in which youth as a group have special stakes in food systems. We elaborate on this complex picture and identify some principles to guide development research and policy that seeks to engage with youth in relation to the sustainable transformation of food systems.

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Section: Economic Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Youth and Food Systems Transformation

Glover

Sumberg

2020

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…Women, for example, may be married to a man who received land through the land reform and will assist at the family farm, but also will be involved in trading businesses in town. Young people are often without land, missing out on land reform in 2000, but may live at home with their parents and run a business in the nearby town (Scoones et al 2019b ).…”

Section: Big Changes In Small Towns: Four Themesmentioning

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Small Towns and Land Reform in Zimbabwe

Scoones

Murimbarimba

2020

Eur J Dev Res

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Zimbabwe’s land reform from 2000 radically transformed the agrarian structure, and with this small towns in rural areas. This article explores three such towns—Mvurwi, Chatsworth and Maphisa—examining changes in population, housing, transport and business activity between 2000 and 2020. Case studies highlight the importance of networks and social relationships between rural and urban areas, linked to new patterns of migration and a massive growth in the informal economy. Despite the lack of state investment in basic infrastructure, the economies of these small towns have grown significantly, with a major shift in agrarian relations generating new economic activity and employment. This suggests the potential of a territorial focus for local economic development following land reform, encompassing both urban and rural areas.

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“…If developmental social work is to be realised in Southern Africa, youth development must be one of the scheme's pillars. Scoones et al (2019) assert international and regional policy commentary reflects local media and policy discussion, offering both positive and negative narratives about the role of youth. For some, youth are seen as a threat to stability: unemployed, footloose and prone to disruptive, political activism.…”

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“…For some, youth are seen as a threat to stability: unemployed, footloose and prone to disruptive, political activism. Resultantly, young people may be cast as dangerous and in need of controlling (Scoones et al, 2019). In many policy debates, Scoones et al (2019) opine that youths are identified as either a potentially socially disruptive threat or as entrepreneurial initiators of a new economy.…”

Section: Youth Bulgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Resultantly, young people may be cast as dangerous and in need of controlling (Scoones et al, 2019). In many policy debates, Scoones et al (2019) opine that youths are identified as either a potentially socially disruptive threat or as entrepreneurial initiators of a new economy. Eswatini's State of the Youth Report underscores the need to understand Eswatini population dynamics as critical underpinning for any discussion surrounding the future of the Kingdom's youth and harnessing the potential demographic dividend in the country (The Ministry of Sports, Culture, and Youth Affairs, 2015).…”

Section: Youth Bulgementioning

confidence: 99%

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Embedding the developmental approach in social work education and practice to overcome poverty: The case of Southern Africa

Nhapi

Dhemba

2020

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The article examines the extent to which social work education and practice in Eswatini, Lesotho and Zimbabwe has embedded the developmental approach to address the problem of poverty and to bring about socio-economic transformation in these countries. This is particularly significant as social work has gained traction internationally as a problem-solving profession. However, it is argued that that there is a lack of clarity conceptually about how the developmental approach should be operationalised in order to deal with the social problems afflicting African countries in general and Southern Africa in particular. Furthermore the chapter examines challenges in the implementation of the developmental approach in economically fragile contexts such as Eswatini, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. The gaps and constraints in mainstreaming developmental social work are also examined in the context of poverty, globalisation and impacts of natural disasters. Challenges experienced by frontline social workers in mobilising communities through the application of a repertoire of developmental social work approaches have also received attention. The article is based on personal experiences of the authors in teaching and practicing social work in the three countries and this is complemented by reviews and analysis of research studies and policy documents and reports on the mitigation of poverty and the developmental approach. Importantly, the article also offers pathways on the embedment of the developmental approach in social work education and practice to promote the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially the goal relating to the eradication poverty.

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

Cited by 35 publications

References 33 publications

Youth and Food Systems Transformation

Youth and Food Systems Transformation

Small Towns and Land Reform in Zimbabwe

Embedding the developmental approach in social work education and practice to overcome poverty: The case of Southern Africa

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