Blasio Mavedzenge
Biographic Data
| ID | 165885 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Blasio Mavedzenge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Blasio |
| FAMILY NAME | Mavedzenge |
| SIGNATURE | MAVEDZENGE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Independent consultants, Masvingo and Harare Zimbabwe |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 126 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Young people and land in Zimbabwe
This article explores the livelihood challenges and opportunities of young people following Zimbabwe's land reform in 2000. The article explores the life courses of a cohort of men and women, all children of land reform settlers, in two contrasting smallholder land reform sites. Major challenges to social reproduction are highlighted, reflected in an extended ‘waithood’, while some opportunities for accumulation are observed, notably in intensive…
Labour after Land Reform
What happens to labour when major redistributive land reform restructures a system of settler colonial agriculture? This article examines the livelihoods of former farmworkers on large-scale commercial farms who still live in farm compounds after Zimbabwe's land reform. Through a mix of surveys and in-depth biographical interviews, four different types of livelihood are identified, centred on differences in land access. These show how diverse, bu…
Tobacco, contract farming, and agrarian change in Zimbabwe
The growth of smallholder tobacco production since 2000 has been one of the big stories of Zimbabwe's post-land reform experience. Yet the implications for agrarian change, and the consequences for new relations between farmers, the state, and agribusiness capital have rarely been discussed. The paper reports on work carried out in the Mvurwi area of Mazowe district in Zimbabwe with a sample of 220 A1 (smallholder) farmers and 100 former farmwork…
Medium-scale commercial farms in Africa
Across Africa there has been a growth in medium-sized farms, including in Zimbabwe following the land reform of 2000. What are the prospects of such farms driving new forms of agricultural commercialization? In this article we seek to learn lessons from the past by examining the experience of 'native purchase areas', which were established from the 1930s in Zimbabwe. Through a detailed historical study of Mushagashe small-scale commercial farming…
Sugar, People and Politics in Zimbabwe's Lowveld
The expansion of outgrower areas linked to large lowveld sugar estates has been an important \ncomponent of Zimbabwe’s land reform since 2000. This has involved the transfer of nearly \n16,000 ha to over 800 resettlement farmers on irrigated ‘A2’ plots of around 20 ha each. These \nfarmers now produce around a quarter of the sugar output linked to the Triangle and Hippo \nValley mills. Tongaat Hulett, a large South African conglomerate, is the do…
The new politics of Zimbabwe's lowveld
This article explores the contests over land and resources in the lowveld of Zimbabwe, focusing on three case studies – Nuanetsi ranch, the Save Valley and Chiredzi River conservancies, and Gonarezhou National Park. Each case examines who gained and who lost out over time, from entrepreneurial investors to well-connected politicians and military figures, to white ranchers and large numbers of farmers who have occupied land since 2000. We identify…
Livelihoods after Land Reform in Zimbabwe
This paper explores the consequences of Zimbabwe's land reform for the dynamics of differentiation in Zimbabwe's countryside, reporting on the results from a 10-year study from Masvingo province. Based on a detailed analysis of livelihoods across 400 households at 16 sites, the paper offers a detailed typology of livelihood strategies, linked to a class-based analysis of emerging agrarian dynamics. The paper identifies a significant and successfu…
Zimbabwe's land reform
Most commentary on Zimbabwe's land reform insists that agricultural production has almost totally collapsed, that food insecurity is rife, that rural economies are in precipitous decline, that political 'cronies' have taken over the land and that farm labour has all been displaced. This paper however argues that the story is not simply one of collapse and catastrophe; it is much more nuanced and complex, with successes as well as failures. The pa…
Zimbabwe's Land Reform
One of the most repeated myths about Zimbabwe’s land reform is that all the land went to ‘Mugabe’s cronies’; those with access to elite connections and benefiting from political patronage. This did, of course, happen, and continues to do so. Tackling such extreme excesses of land grabbing through a land audit remains a major challenge. But elite capture is not the whole story of Zimbabwe’s land reform; nor indeed the dominant one
The Dynamics of Real Markets
Since 2000 there have been major changes in the agrarian economy in Zimbabwe. Extensive land redistribution and severe macro-economic instability have resulted in significant shifts in agricultural production and the functioning of markets, opening opportunities for some and closing options for others. This article focuses on cattle in Masvingo Province, identifying current patterns and dynamics and future challenges. Key to the analysis is an un…
Livelihoods after Land Reform in Zimbabwe
This paper explores the consequences of Zimbabwe's land reform for the dynamics of differentiation in Zimbabwe's countryside, reporting on the results from a 10-year study from Masvingo province. Based on a detailed analysis of livelihoods across 400 households at 16 sites, the paper offers a detailed typology of livelihood strategies, linked to a class-based analysis of emerging agrarian dynamics. The paper identifies a significant and successfu…
Zimbabwe's land reform
Most commentary on Zimbabwe's land reform insists that agricultural production has almost totally collapsed, that food insecurity is rife, that rural economies are in precipitous decline, that political 'cronies' have taken over the land and that farm labour has all been displaced. This paper however argues that the story is not simply one of collapse and catastrophe; it is much more nuanced and complex, with successes as well as failures. The pa…
Tobacco, contract farming, and agrarian change in Zimbabwe
The growth of smallholder tobacco production since 2000 has been one of the big stories of Zimbabwe's post-land reform experience. Yet the implications for agrarian change, and the consequences for new relations between farmers, the state, and agribusiness capital have rarely been discussed. The paper reports on work carried out in the Mvurwi area of Mazowe district in Zimbabwe with a sample of 220 A1 (smallholder) farmers and 100 former farmwork…
Young people and land in Zimbabwe
This article explores the livelihood challenges and opportunities of young people following Zimbabwe's land reform in 2000. The article explores the life courses of a cohort of men and women, all children of land reform settlers, in two contrasting smallholder land reform sites. Major challenges to social reproduction are highlighted, reflected in an extended ‘waithood’, while some opportunities for accumulation are observed, notably in intensive…
Labour after Land Reform
What happens to labour when major redistributive land reform restructures a system of settler colonial agriculture? This article examines the livelihoods of former farmworkers on large-scale commercial farms who still live in farm compounds after Zimbabwe's land reform. Through a mix of surveys and in-depth biographical interviews, four different types of livelihood are identified, centred on differences in land access. These show how diverse, bu…
Sugar, People and Politics in Zimbabwe's Lowveld
The expansion of outgrower areas linked to large lowveld sugar estates has been an important \ncomponent of Zimbabwe’s land reform since 2000. This has involved the transfer of nearly \n16,000 ha to over 800 resettlement farmers on irrigated ‘A2’ plots of around 20 ha each. These \nfarmers now produce around a quarter of the sugar output linked to the Triangle and Hippo \nValley mills. Tongaat Hulett, a large South African conglomerate, is the do…
The Dynamics of Real Markets
Since 2000 there have been major changes in the agrarian economy in Zimbabwe. Extensive land redistribution and severe macro-economic instability have resulted in significant shifts in agricultural production and the functioning of markets, opening opportunities for some and closing options for others. This article focuses on cattle in Masvingo Province, identifying current patterns and dynamics and future challenges. Key to the analysis is an un…
Medium-scale commercial farms in Africa
Across Africa there has been a growth in medium-sized farms, including in Zimbabwe following the land reform of 2000. What are the prospects of such farms driving new forms of agricultural commercialization? In this article we seek to learn lessons from the past by examining the experience of 'native purchase areas', which were established from the 1930s in Zimbabwe. Through a detailed historical study of Mushagashe small-scale commercial farming…
The new politics of Zimbabwe's lowveld
This article explores the contests over land and resources in the lowveld of Zimbabwe, focusing on three case studies – Nuanetsi ranch, the Save Valley and Chiredzi River conservancies, and Gonarezhou National Park. Each case examines who gained and who lost out over time, from entrepreneurial investors to well-connected politicians and military figures, to white ranchers and large numbers of farmers who have occupied land since 2000. We identify…
Zimbabwe's Land Reform
One of the most repeated myths about Zimbabwe’s land reform is that all the land went to ‘Mugabe’s cronies’; those with access to elite connections and benefiting from political patronage. This did, of course, happen, and continues to do so. Tackling such extreme excesses of land grabbing through a land audit remains a major challenge. But elite capture is not the whole story of Zimbabwe’s land reform; nor indeed the dominant one
The Dynamics of Real Markets
Since 2000 there have been major changes in the agrarian economy in Zimbabwe. Extensive land redistribution and severe macro-economic instability have resulted in significant shifts in agricultural production and the functioning of markets, opening opportunities for some and closing options for others. This article focuses on cattle in Masvingo Province, identifying current patterns and dynamics and future challenges. Key to the analysis is an un…
Zimbabwe's Land Reform
One of the most repeated myths about Zimbabwe’s land reform is that all the land went to ‘Mugabe’s cronies’; those with access to elite connections and benefiting from political patronage. This did, of course, happen, and continues to do so. Tackling such extreme excesses of land grabbing through a land audit remains a major challenge. But elite capture is not the whole story of Zimbabwe’s land reform; nor indeed the dominant one
Zimbabwe's land reform
Most commentary on Zimbabwe's land reform insists that agricultural production has almost totally collapsed, that food insecurity is rife, that rural economies are in precipitous decline, that political 'cronies' have taken over the land and that farm labour has all been displaced. This paper however argues that the story is not simply one of collapse and catastrophe; it is much more nuanced and complex, with successes as well as failures. The pa…
The new politics of Zimbabwe's lowveld
This article explores the contests over land and resources in the lowveld of Zimbabwe, focusing on three case studies – Nuanetsi ranch, the Save Valley and Chiredzi River conservancies, and Gonarezhou National Park. Each case examines who gained and who lost out over time, from entrepreneurial investors to well-connected politicians and military figures, to white ranchers and large numbers of farmers who have occupied land since 2000. We identify…
Livelihoods after Land Reform in Zimbabwe
This paper explores the consequences of Zimbabwe's land reform for the dynamics of differentiation in Zimbabwe's countryside, reporting on the results from a 10-year study from Masvingo province. Based on a detailed analysis of livelihoods across 400 households at 16 sites, the paper offers a detailed typology of livelihood strategies, linked to a class-based analysis of emerging agrarian dynamics. The paper identifies a significant and successfu…
Sugar, People and Politics in Zimbabwe's Lowveld
The expansion of outgrower areas linked to large lowveld sugar estates has been an important \ncomponent of Zimbabwe’s land reform since 2000. This has involved the transfer of nearly \n16,000 ha to over 800 resettlement farmers on irrigated ‘A2’ plots of around 20 ha each. These \nfarmers now produce around a quarter of the sugar output linked to the Triangle and Hippo \nValley mills. Tongaat Hulett, a large South African conglomerate, is the do…
Tobacco, contract farming, and agrarian change in Zimbabwe
The growth of smallholder tobacco production since 2000 has been one of the big stories of Zimbabwe's post-land reform experience. Yet the implications for agrarian change, and the consequences for new relations between farmers, the state, and agribusiness capital have rarely been discussed. The paper reports on work carried out in the Mvurwi area of Mazowe district in Zimbabwe with a sample of 220 A1 (smallholder) farmers and 100 former farmwork…
Medium-scale commercial farms in Africa
Across Africa there has been a growth in medium-sized farms, including in Zimbabwe following the land reform of 2000. What are the prospects of such farms driving new forms of agricultural commercialization? In this article we seek to learn lessons from the past by examining the experience of 'native purchase areas', which were established from the 1930s in Zimbabwe. Through a detailed historical study of Mushagashe small-scale commercial farming…
Young people and land in Zimbabwe
This article explores the livelihood challenges and opportunities of young people following Zimbabwe's land reform in 2000. The article explores the life courses of a cohort of men and women, all children of land reform settlers, in two contrasting smallholder land reform sites. Major challenges to social reproduction are highlighted, reflected in an extended ‘waithood’, while some opportunities for accumulation are observed, notably in intensive…
Labour after Land Reform
What happens to labour when major redistributive land reform restructures a system of settler colonial agriculture? This article examines the livelihoods of former farmworkers on large-scale commercial farms who still live in farm compounds after Zimbabwe's land reform. Through a mix of surveys and in-depth biographical interviews, four different types of livelihood are identified, centred on differences in land access. These show how diverse, bu…
African studies and sociopolitical issues (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Agriculture (9 works) · Economics (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Land Rights and Reforms (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Land reform (7 works) · African history and culture studies (6 works)