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dc.contributor.authorChigumira, Easther
dc.coverage.spatialZimbabween
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-20T08:35:26Z
dc.date.available2019-06-20T08:35:26Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-01
dc.identifier.citationEasther Chigumira. Building Livelihoods: Young People and Agricultural Commercialisation in Africa: Zimbabwe Country Study APRA working paper 25, Future Agricultures Consortiumen
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-78118-550-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/14548
dc.description.abstractThis paper is concerned with how young people in the Mvurwi Farming Area in Zimbabwe engage with or are affected by agricultural commercialisation. Mvurwi’s commercialised rural economy offers opportunities for young people to engage in a range of activities as producers, on-farm and off-farm wage workers, and/or as business operators, which allows them to accumulate a range of assets including residential plots, investment in education, household goods, vehicles, and business operations. The study findings show an agile and determined group of young men and women who have consciously turned to the rural economy for a myriad of economic activities to augment revenue streams. Nevertheless, their livelihood opportunities are vulnerable to a number of hazards and, as a result, young people adopt a ‘ducking and diving’ approach to navigate the structural, physical, and individual hurdles or hazards that they encounter in a bid to forge a living within this vibrant rural economy.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAPRA, Future Agricultures Consortiumen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAPRA Working Papers;25
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectChildren and Youthen
dc.subjectDevelopment Policyen
dc.subjectEconomic Developmenten
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectRural Developmenten
dc.titleBuilding Livelihoods: Young People and Agricultural Commercialisation in Africa: Zimbabwe Country Studyen
dc.typeSeries paper (non-IDS)en
dc.rights.holder© APRA 2019, Future Agricultures Consortiumen
dc.identifier.teamRural Futuresen
dcterms.dateAccepted2019-06-01
rioxxterms.funderDepartment for International Development, UK Governmenten
rioxxterms.identifier.projectAPRAen
rioxxterms.versionAOen
rioxxterms.funder.projecte1f6d3be-457a-4f13-8b1f-6748d1402d83en


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