Delivering Land and Securing Rural livelihoods: Post-Independence Land Reform and Resettlement in Zimbabwe

Edited by Michael Roth and Francis Gonese
Published by Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, and Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, June 2003.
484 pages, 2.6MB

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Download Chapters 1-6 : (pages 1 - 114)

• Ch a p t e r 1 - Rural Landlords, Rural Tenants, and the Sharecropping Complex in Gokwe, North-western Zimbabwe, 1980s-2002... by Pius S. Nyambara, Department of Economic History, University of Zimbabwe (pages 3-18)


• Ch a p t e r 2 - Rezoned for Business: How Eco-tourism Unlocked Black Farmland in Eastern Zimbabwe ... by David McDermott Hughes, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA (pages 19-34)
  
• Ch a p t e r 3 - Resettlement and Contract Farming in Zimbabwe: The Case of Mushandike... Vupenyu Dzingirai, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, University of Virginia, USA (pages 35-44)
  
• Ch a p t e r 4 - Green Harvest: The Outgrower Tea Leaf Collection System in the Honde Valley, Zimbabwe... J.P. Mtisi, Economic History Department, University of Zimbabwe (pages 45-64)
  
• Perspectives - AGRARIAN CONTRACTS
  The Complexities of Agrarian reform by Vincent Hungwe Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing (pages 65-66)
  Leasing and Sharecropping Contracts for Increasing Beneficiary Access to Land by Commercial Farmer (pages 67-68)
  Role of Private Land Markets in Delivering Land and Beneficiary Support Services by Daniel Ncube, MP
  Portfolio Committee on Land, Agriculture, Water Development, Rural Resources and Resettlement of the Environment of Zimbabwe (pages 69-74)
  
• SECTION TWO: LAND REDISTRIBUTION THROUGH PRIVATE LAND MARKETS
  Ch a p t e r 5 - Subdivision Policy and Informal Subdivisions: Contradictions Affecting Land Delivery and Secure Property Rights in Zimbabwe by Chrispen Sukume, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Zimbabwe and Michael Roth, Land Tenure Center and Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (pages 75-96)
  
• Ch a p t e r 6 - Land Redistribution in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Five Census Surveys of Farmland Transactions, 1997-2001 by M.C. Lyne and M.A.G. Darroch, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
  

Download Chapters 7-10 (pages 115 - 221):

• Ch a p t e r 7 - Government-assisted and Market-driven Land Reform: Evaluating Public and Private Land Markets in Redistributing Land in Zimbabwe by Lovemore Rugube, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Zimbabwe; Sam Zhou, Gentina Engineering, Harare; Michael Roth, Land Tenure Center and Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA; Walter Chambati, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Zimbabwe (pages 115-140)
  
• Ch a p t e r 8 - Seeking Women Land Owners and Ownership in Zimbabwe: Case Studies of Women’s Access to Land and Land Use by Ragan Petrie, Department of Economics, Georgia State University; Michael Roth Land Tenure Center and Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-
  Madison, USA; Kizito Mazvimavi, Ph.D. in Development Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison (pages 141-158)
  
• PE RS P E C T I V E S - LAND REDISTRIBUTION THROUGH PRIVATE LAND MARKETS
  Role of Private Land Markets in Financing and Accelerating Agricultural Growth by Ngonidzaishe Murota, Economist Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe, Jewel Bank (pages 159-160)
  Land Reform, Land Markets and Financial Capitalisation of Agriculture by Rhodwick Chigumete
  Land Information Services Consultant (pages 161-164)
  A Practitioner’s Perspective on the Regulation of the Subdivision of Land held Under Title by Ethel Mlalazi
  Physical Planning, Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing (pages 165-169)
  
• SECTION THREE: RESETTLEMENT AND BENEFICIARY SUPPORT... 171
  Ch a p t e r 9 - Beneficiary Selection, Infrastructure Provision and Beneficiary Support by Francis T. Gonese, Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe and Charles M. Mukora, Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Zimbabwe (pages 173-198)
  
• Ch a p t e r 1 0 - Comparative Economic Performance of Zimbabwe’s Resettlement Models by Bill Kinsey
  Department of Agrarian and Labour Studies, Institute of Development Studies, University of
  Zimbabwe (pages 199-221)

Download Chapters 11-17 (pages 222 - 347):

• Ch a p t e r 1 1 - The Fast Track Resettlement and Urban Development Nexus: The Case for Harare ... by Nelson Marongwe ZERO, Regional Environment Organisation (pages 222-240)
  
• Cha p t e r 1 2 - Water Reform in Zimbabwe: Its Multiple Interfaces with the Land Reform and Resettlement ... by Bill Derman, Michigan State University, USA and Francis T. Gonese Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe (pages 241-258)
  
• Ch a p t e r 1 3 - An Analysis of Institutional and Organisational Issues on Fast Track Resettlement: The Case of Goromonzi District ... by S.C. Marimira, MSc. Student, Department of Rural and Urban Planning, University of Zimbabwe and K. Odero, Mentor, Department of Rural and Urban Planning, University of Zimbabwe (pages 259-268)
  
• PE RS P E C T I V E S - RESETTLEMENT AND BENEFICIARY SUPPORT
  Settlement and Resettlement Models in Zimbabwe... by N. Chatora, Ministry of Rural Resources & Water Development (pages 269-272)
  Beneficiary Selection and Infrastructure Provision in Resettlement Areas... by Lexton T. Kuwanda, Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing (pages 273-274)
  Supporting Resettled Farmers: The Experiences of the Zvishavane Water Project... by Irene Dube, Zvishavane Water Project (pages 275-276)
  Farmworkers: The Missing Class in Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Resettlement... by Godfrey Magaramombe, Farm Community Trust of Zimbabwe (pages 277-280)
  Delivery of Land Services to Land Reform Beneficiaries...by Mtoliki Sibanda, Member of Parliament, Tsholotsho Constituency (pages 281-282)
  
• SECTION FOUR: LAND ADMINISTRATION AND DECENTRALISATION ... 283
• Ch a p t e r 1 4 - Devolution for Land Administration in Zimbabwe: Opportunities and Challenges ... by Harvey M. Jacobs, Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA and Charles Chavunduka, Development Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (pages 285-300)
  
• Ch a p t e r 1 5 - Administration by Consensus: A Quest for Client-centred Institutional Structures for Land Administration in Zimbabwe ... by P.W. Mamimine, Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe (pages 301-316)
  
• Ch a p t e r 1 6 - Whose Land Is It Anyway? Proposal for a Devolved Institutional Structure for Land Administration in Zimbabwe ... by Kudzai Chatiza, Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe (pages 317-332)
  
• Ch a p t e r 1 7 - Designing a Land Information System for Rural Land Use Planning: A Situational Analysis and Feasibility Study by Phanuel Mugabe, Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe and Wilson Magaya, Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe (pages 333-347)

Download Chapters 18-19 (pages 348-394):

• PE RS P E C T I V E S - LAND ADMINISTRATION AND DECENTRALISATION
  Delivery of Extension Services to Land Reform Beneficiaries by B.A. Mundeiri, Department of Agricultural Research and Extension (pages 348-353)
  The Challenge of Bringing Effective Governance in the Administration of Land and Land Rights in Zimbabwe by Absolom Masendeke, Intermediate Technology Development Group, Southern Africa (pages 354-359)
  Rural District Councils: Need for Decentralisation and Capacity Strengthening to Deepen Agrarian Reform by Fred Ndlovu, Association of Rural District Councils and Edmore Mufema, Economic History Department, University of Zimbabwe (pages 360-362)
  Agrarian Reform and Rural Development: Strategies for Moving Forward by Edward Samuriwo, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement
  
• SECTION FIVE: THE WAY FORWARD
• Ch a p t e r 1 8 - Strategies for Agrarian Reform in Zimbabwe by Mutizwa Mukute, Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) (pages 366-381)
  
• Ch a p t e r 1 9 - Delivering Land and Securing Rural livelihoods: Synthesis and Way Forward? by Michael Roth, Land Tenure Centre, University of Wisconsin-Madison (pages 381-394)

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ABSTRACT: At the time of independence in 1980, Zimbabwe inherited a dual economy characterized by skewed landownership and white minority control over the country’s land and water resources. For a decade following independence, the Government of Zimbabwe made significant headway in redistributing land to the black majority population, but these efforts had substantially stalled by the late 1980s. In September 1998, the Government of Zimbabwe, in seeking to reaccelerate land and agrarian reform, organized the Joint Donors Conference to plan for the development and implementation of the second phase of its Land Reform and Resettlement Program (LRRP II). Since then, the political and economic changes in Zimbabwe have been tumultuous. The joint initiative initially took steam, reached momentum, and soon after was displaced by Fast Track Resettlement beginning in 2000. Donor support for the LRRP II initially mushroomed then withered, and donor after donor withdrew support for the program.

In October 1999, the US Agency for International Development provided the Land Tenure Center of the University of Wisconsin and the Centre for Applied Social Science at the University of Zimbabwe with three-year funding aimed at assisting Zimbabwe with the implementation of the LRRP II and the Land Policy Framework. The program, which include technical assistance, training, capacity building, and applied policy research, ended in May 2003. It concluded with the conference Delivering Land and Securing Rural livelihoods: Post-Independence Land Reform and Resettlement in Zimbabwe, held 26-28 March 2003 at the Mont Clair hotel, Nyanga. This volume is a collection of research outputs prepared by research teams for the conference, and then revised. The volume also includes a number of invited perspectives by development practitioners from within Government and civil society.

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