Large-Scale Land Acquisitions, Livelihoods, and Gender Configurations in Zimbabwe

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Author(s): Patience Mutopo (University of Cologne, Germany & University of Wageningen, The Netherlands & Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe), Manase Kudzai Chiweshe (Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe & Futures Agricultures Consortium, UK)and Chipo Plaxedes Mubaya (Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 15
Source title: Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Evans Osabuohien (Covenant University, Nigeria & German Development Institute, Germany)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7405-9.ch007

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Economics and Economic Theory / Global Business

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The notion of large-scale land acquisitions has been topical in recent years in Zimbabwe; it has even created more nuanced debates, since 70% of rural women in Zimbabwe are the majority of food producers. Foreign and locally orchestrated land deals have presented new challenges and threats to the livelihoods of women in rural Zimbabwe, at a time of land redistributive programs that have been viewed nationally and internationally as chaotic, affecting the food security, economic prowess, and international relations of Zimbabwe. The main aim of this chapter is to examine how women are particularly affected by the investments, based on three case studies. An analysis of the Zimbabwean scenario is presented with regards to participatory methodologies that reflect women's rural livelihoods and land loss.

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