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dc.contributor.authorMehretu, Assefa
dc.contributor.authorMutambirwa, Chris C.
dc.coverage.spatialZimbabwe.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-24T14:23:08Z
dc.date.available2015-08-24T14:23:08Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationMehretu, A. and Mutambirwa, C.C. (2006) Social Poverty Profile of Rural Agricultural Areas. In: Rukuni, M., Tawonezvi, P. and Eicher, C. (eds.) Zimbabwe's Agricultural Revolution Revisited. UZ, Mt. Pleasant, Harare: UZ Publications, pp. 119-140.en
dc.identifier.isbn0869241419
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/6808
dc.descriptionA book chapter/conference paper on poverty levels amongst Zimbabwe's rural agricultural communities.en
dc.description.abstractIn examining the livelihoods of rural agricultural communities in Zimbabwe, this chapter offers an historical perspective on some of the challenges and opportunities facing the agricultural sector. As a former settler colony, Zimbabwe’s economy at the time of independence in 1980 was characterized by the commercialization of its agricultural activity together with a high degree of polarity between its commercial and communal sectors. This was evident in the duality of the country’s economic sectors, regional development, economy versus resource match and government role in territorial integration of commercial and communal farmers. At the base of the dual economy was the colonial division of resources and related demographics into two exclusive and counter-posed geographic domains: the commercial land and the communal land (former tribal trust lands). This chapter describes the principal features of poverty in rural communities of Zimbabwe and the spatial mismatch between population density and land, potential problems behind growing land hunger, land degradation and declining agricultural yields. These negative conditions became harbingers for political change and inevitable post-independence land reforms, land redistribution and resettlement. Social poverty profiles of communal land communities are outlined, as well as those of the hitherto unnoticed black communities residing and working on the large-scale commercial farmland. The impact of poor accessibility to basic needs and services on the livelihoods of rural communities and their agricultural activities is also explained to highlight the need for rural development.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectRural Developmenten
dc.titleSocial Poverty Profile of Rural Agricultural Areasen
dc.typeBook chapteren
dc.typeConference paperen
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Zimbabwe (UZ)en


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