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The socio-economic survey was carried out as part of the five year Household Food Security Programme which is supported by UNICEF. The aim of the survey was to generate information on the social, cultural and economic circumstances and processes at community level which influence the lives of the rural population and their capacity to organise for development. This report is the first of a series and covers the southern communal areas which are characterized by small scattered settlements with seemingly limited economic potential. The communal areas south of Mariental are comprised of the so called Namaland between Keetmanshoop and Mariental, the Bondelswarts area south-west and the Warmbad area south of Karasburg. (DÜI-Hff)

This book explores why, a decade after Zimbabwean independence, government agricultural development policies still retains surprising similarities with those of the colonial period despite lengthy peasant opposition. Using documentary and fieldwork material from the Midlands province, the analysis covers the subjects of pastoral and land use management, household production and income-earning strategies, and farmer-extension relations.

This report presents the summary findings of a survey which was carried out in 1992 by the Directorate of Rural Development of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development with the participation of the people in three communal areas (Namaland, Bondelswarts, Warmbad). The summary is divided into three main sections: (1) the economy of the communal areas; (2) the social and economic conditions under which rural households live; and (3) ideas and activities which may help to promote rural development. (DÜI-Hff)

Die Entwicklungsstrategie der Regierung seit der Unabhängigkeit, die gleichzeitig Wachstum und Verteilung betont, ist einerseits darauf ausgerichtet, das vom modernen, kommerziell orientierten landwirtschaftlichen Sektor getragene Wirtschaftswachstum zu fördern und andererseits den wirtschaftlichen Dualismus zu überwinden und die krassen Einkommens- und Vermögensunterschiede durch prioritär auf die "Communal Areas" ausgerichtete Fördermaßnahmen zu mildern. In der Verfolgung dieses Ziels einer ausgewogenen Entwicklung wird dem kleinbäuerlichen Sektor auf allen Gebieten landwirtschaftlicher Entwicklungsförderung eine gezielte staatliche Unterstützungsförderung gewährt, um ihn an das Niveau des kommerziellen Sektors heranzubringen

This study examines whether beneficiaries of Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) of 2000 in resettlement areas maintain linkages with communal areas of origin. Present studies about the FTLRP provide limited in-depth attention to the importance of understanding linkages with places of origin. The study sought to explore the extent to which beneficiaries of the FTLRP are connected to their communal areas of origin, as well as the implications of the ties. Analysis of linkages is through social relationships and labour exchanges between people in resettlement areas and communal areas. This was done through a conceptual framework of belonging, which helped explain the various attachments to places of origin. The study was guided by a qualitative research approach. A case study of Machiroli Farm, an A1 villagised settlement, and Zvimba communal areas (Ward 6), Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe was utilised. The study's main finding is that beneficiaries of the FTLRP in the A1 model on Machiroli Farm retain linkages with communal areas of origin; beneficiaries of the FTLRP acquired new land without discarding ties and relations with places of origin. Most respondents attached clear importance to maintaining linkages with places of origin. Some respondents did not maintain ties with places of origin because of conflicts and breakdowns in family ties, highlighting that belonging is not static. Evidence from this case study shows that maintenance of linkages assists with agricultural production and enhancing social relations. Another important finding is that belonging enforced the maintenance of relations through factors, such as familial relations, burial sites, clubs, ceremonies and labour exchanges with communal areas of origin. The study argues that belonging is an aspect that ties people together despite physical translocation. Thus, this study's contribution is that, within land reform debates, physical translocation does not break the bonds with, or ties to, places of origin. Belonging enables several functions, such as access to labour, mitigation of economic challenges and enhancement of social relations, as demonstrated by this case study. For scholarship, the study contributes to land reform debates by applying the concept of belonging, which has mostly been applied to border and migration studies policy. The framework of belonging within land reform reveals the importance of social, cultural, religious and economic effects in accessing labour and enhancing agricultural production in agrarian settings. The study draws the conclusion that beneficiaries of land reform desire to remain relevant to a host of political, economic, spiritual and social aspects anchored in places of origin. Therefore, resettlement does not break ties which people have with places of origin, people embrace the new without discarding the old relations.

A conference paper on how the effects of drought have caused food shortages and reduced incomes for rural based households in Zimbabwe. ; Since 1980, drought has caused widespread crop failures in Zimbabwe. The majority of rural based households have experienced reduced incomes and food shortages, requiring them to rely on food transfers from the government. Approximately 350,000 households have received government support through commodity food aid or food-for-work programmes. Since 1981-82, the government has spent an estimated Z$800 million on these programmes, excluding costs borne by non-governmental organisations (Mhiribidi, 1987). In addition, households themselves have been forced to divert remittances from production investment to consumption, dispose of production assets, and migrate in search of alternative income sources, ; The research supporting the preparation the proceedings papers was financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development, Bureau of Science and Technology; Bureau for Africa; and the Southern Africa Regional Programme.