Land reform can be divided broadly into land tenure reform (the establishment of secure and formalised property rights in land) and land redistribution (the transfer of land from large to small farmers). This paper therefore is in two parts. The first part focuses on property rights, giving a...
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by Rogier Van Den Brink, World Bank in 2013
by ZAM Chronicle in 2013
According to the interview with Joe Hanlon, Zimbabwe was never a bread basket and often imported food, even when white farmers held most of the land.
by Denene Erasmus for Farmer's Weekly in 2013
Uncertainty around the land reform process remained a primary investment inhibitor in the agriculture sector and needed to be resolved as fairly and quickly as possible, according to Agbiz CEO Dr John Purchase. With this in mind, he went on to give an update on the implementation of the new...
by Ian Scoones in 2013
This blog post looks at agricultural output data, migration data and land ownership data in Zimbabwe. The article compares good and bad data, and argues that: 'If development is to be successful, a thorough-going and honest debate on the quality of data and how to improve it is essential.'
by Piet Coetzer, Leadership in 2013
South Africa's historical baggage is heavy, especially the ownership of land and related rights, which came sharply into focus in the last two weeks with the publication of an amended draft of the Expropriation Bill and a judgment by the Constitutional Court. What emerged was not only a highly...