William Wolmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 180856 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Wolmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolmer |
| SIGNATURE | WOLMER W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 159 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Livelihoods in Crisis: Challenges for Rural Development in Southern Africa
Livelihoods in southern Africa are in crisis. One of the worst ever food crises has hit the region, with over 14 million reported to be at risk. Newspapers carry appeals from charities for support, and TV images of food queues and malnourished children are commonplace. Yet, southern Africa is the region where the development success story was supposed to unfold. This was the bread basket of the continent, where economic reforms were apparently ge…
The new politics of Zimbabwe's lowveld: Struggles over land at the margins
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…
The Dynamics of Real Markets: Cattle in Southern Zimbabwe following Land Reform
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…
Land, Landscapes and Disease: The Case of Foot and Mouth in Southern Zimbabwe
Wilderness gained, wilderness lost: Wildlife management and land occupations in Zimbabwe's southeast lowveld
Biodiversity Conservation and the Eradication of Poverty
It is widely accepted that biodiversity loss and poverty are linked problems and that conservation and poverty reduction should be tackled together. However, success with integrated strategies is elusive. There is sharp debate about the social impacts of conservation programs and the success of community-based approaches to conservation. Clear conceptual frameworks are needed if policies in these two areas are to be combined. We review the links …
New politics, new livelihoods: Agrarian change in Zimbabwe
In the last four years Zimbabwe has featured prominently in headlines around the world. An ongoing radical land reform involving the seizure of largely white-owned commercial farmland has dramatically altered the physical landscape. Alongside this, a new political terrain has rapidly unfolded with new actors and new institutions. Tensions between authoritarian nationalism and ethnic politics, between a militarised, modernist order and ‘traditiona…
Introduction: Livelihoods in Crisis: Challenges for Rural Development in Southern Africa
This is an introductory piece to a series of articles that examine how various rural development and governance initiatives, concerning wild resources, land and water, have played out in practice in a series of rural areas in three southern African countries: Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. By looking empirically and in detail at what has and has not happened on the ground, questions are raised about the nature of the current livelihoods c…
Endpiece: The Politics of Livelihood Opportunity
economic, institutional and political Any neat prescnptions or models about livelihoods do not stand up for long Yet, as we have seen, whether in relation to wld resources, land or water and across the countries, certain basic assumptions are repeated Despite the fact that these do not generally reflect empincal reality, they remain pervasive and influential in the framing of policy Thus the models used in policy often have deeply embedded assump…
Wild Resources Management in Southern Africa: Participation, Partnerships, Ecoregions and Redistribution
In rural southern Africa, access to wild resources is critical to livelihoods and various attempts have been made by policy-makers to increase the income derived from them by poor communities. This article examines the existing and emerging institutional arrangements in the tourism/safari hunting and forestry sectors and assesses their impact on livelihoods. Case studies of wildlife and forestry management initiatives are drawn from the Eastern C…
Wildlife management and land reform in southeastern Zimbabwe: A compatible pairing or a contradiction in terms
Pathways of Change in Africa: Crops, Livestock and Livelihoods in Mali, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe
Ian Scoones and William Wolmer, eds. Pathways of Change in Africa: Crops, Livestock and Livelihoods in Mali, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. Oxford: James Currey / Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing, 2002. xx + 236 pp. Figures. Maps. Tables. Boxes. Bibliography. Index. $64.95. Cloth. Pathways of Change offers a conceptually interesting, empirically rich, and convincing argument for a more sophisticated understanding of the complexities of small-scale m…
Transboundary Conservation: The Politics of Ecological Integrity in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of an ostensibly surprising coalition of interests around the notion of Transboundary Natural Resource Management (TBNRM) in Southern Africa. Deep green 'bioregionalists', conservation biologists and neo-liberal development advocates have found common cause in espousing the re-establishment of ecological integrity across 'artificial' frontiers and administrative boundaries. TBNRM has effects far beyond th…
From jambanja to planning: The reassertion of technocracy in land reform in south-eastern Zimbabwe
This paper examines the land occupations and fast-track resettlement process in Chiredzi district in Zimbabwe's southeast lowveld, and argues that their broad-brush representation as chaotic, violent and unplanned is misleading. In Zimbabwe the instruments and mechanisms of order assert themselves even in the midst of violent disorder. The on-going deployment of the formal and technical tools and discourses of land-use planning have been instrume…
The Science of 'Civilized' Agriculture: The Mixed Farming Discourse in Zimbabwe
The mixed farming discourse has been a central assumption of agricultural research and extension policy in Zimbabwe in the past century. It holds that cropping and livestock production should be integrated and managed in a closed homestead unit and should employ a particular package of technologies. Embedded in the seemingly neutral and objective technical language of this discourse are an array of assumptions. These include: a belief in the supe…
From jambanja to planning: The reassertion of technocracy in land reform in south-eastern Zimbabwe
This paper examines the land occupations and fast-track resettlement process in Chiredzi district in Zimbabwe's southeast lowveld, and argues that their broad-brush representation as chaotic, violent and unplanned is misleading. In Zimbabwe the instruments and mechanisms of order assert themselves even in the midst of violent disorder. The on-going deployment of the formal and technical tools and discourses of land-use planning have been instrume…
Transboundary Conservation: The Politics of Ecological Integrity in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of an ostensibly surprising coalition of interests around the notion of Transboundary Natural Resource Management (TBNRM) in Southern Africa. Deep green 'bioregionalists', conservation biologists and neo-liberal development advocates have found common cause in espousing the re-establishment of ecological integrity across 'artificial' frontiers and administrative boundaries. TBNRM has effects far beyond th…
New politics, new livelihoods: Agrarian change in Zimbabwe
In the last four years Zimbabwe has featured prominently in headlines around the world. An ongoing radical land reform involving the seizure of largely white-owned commercial farmland has dramatically altered the physical landscape. Alongside this, a new political terrain has rapidly unfolded with new actors and new institutions. Tensions between authoritarian nationalism and ethnic politics, between a militarised, modernist order and ‘traditiona…
The Science of 'Civilized' Agriculture: The Mixed Farming Discourse in Zimbabwe
The mixed farming discourse has been a central assumption of agricultural research and extension policy in Zimbabwe in the past century. It holds that cropping and livestock production should be integrated and managed in a closed homestead unit and should employ a particular package of technologies. Embedded in the seemingly neutral and objective technical language of this discourse are an array of assumptions. These include: a belief in the supe…
Wildlife management and land reform in southeastern Zimbabwe: A compatible pairing or a contradiction in terms
Pathways of Change in Africa: Crops, Livestock and Livelihoods in Mali, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe
Ian Scoones and William Wolmer, eds. Pathways of Change in Africa: Crops, Livestock and Livelihoods in Mali, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. Oxford: James Currey / Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing, 2002. xx + 236 pp. Figures. Maps. Tables. Boxes. Bibliography. Index. $64.95. Cloth. Pathways of Change offers a conceptually interesting, empirically rich, and convincing argument for a more sophisticated understanding of the complexities of small-scale m…
Introduction: Livelihoods in Crisis: Challenges for Rural Development in Southern Africa
This is an introductory piece to a series of articles that examine how various rural development and governance initiatives, concerning wild resources, land and water, have played out in practice in a series of rural areas in three southern African countries: Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. By looking empirically and in detail at what has and has not happened on the ground, questions are raised about the nature of the current livelihoods c…
Wilderness gained, wilderness lost: Wildlife management and land occupations in Zimbabwe's southeast lowveld
The Dynamics of Real Markets: Cattle in Southern Zimbabwe following Land Reform
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…
Wild Resources Management in Southern Africa: Participation, Partnerships, Ecoregions and Redistribution
In rural southern Africa, access to wild resources is critical to livelihoods and various attempts have been made by policy-makers to increase the income derived from them by poor communities. This article examines the existing and emerging institutional arrangements in the tourism/safari hunting and forestry sectors and assesses their impact on livelihoods. Case studies of wildlife and forestry management initiatives are drawn from the Eastern C…
The new politics of Zimbabwe's lowveld: Struggles over land at the margins
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…
Land, Landscapes and Disease: The Case of Foot and Mouth in Southern Zimbabwe
Endpiece: The Politics of Livelihood Opportunity
economic, institutional and political Any neat prescnptions or models about livelihoods do not stand up for long Yet, as we have seen, whether in relation to wld resources, land or water and across the countries, certain basic assumptions are repeated Despite the fact that these do not generally reflect empincal reality, they remain pervasive and influential in the framing of policy Thus the models used in policy often have deeply embedded assump…
The Science of 'Civilized' Agriculture: The Mixed Farming Discourse in Zimbabwe
The mixed farming discourse has been a central assumption of agricultural research and extension policy in Zimbabwe in the past century. It holds that cropping and livestock production should be integrated and managed in a closed homestead unit and should employ a particular package of technologies. Embedded in the seemingly neutral and objective technical language of this discourse are an array of assumptions. These include: a belief in the supe…
New politics, new livelihoods: Agrarian change in Zimbabwe
In the last four years Zimbabwe has featured prominently in headlines around the world. An ongoing radical land reform involving the seizure of largely white-owned commercial farmland has dramatically altered the physical landscape. Alongside this, a new political terrain has rapidly unfolded with new actors and new institutions. Tensions between authoritarian nationalism and ethnic politics, between a militarised, modernist order and ‘traditiona…
Introduction: Livelihoods in Crisis: Challenges for Rural Development in Southern Africa
This is an introductory piece to a series of articles that examine how various rural development and governance initiatives, concerning wild resources, land and water, have played out in practice in a series of rural areas in three southern African countries: Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. By looking empirically and in detail at what has and has not happened on the ground, questions are raised about the nature of the current livelihoods c…
Endpiece: The Politics of Livelihood Opportunity
economic, institutional and political Any neat prescnptions or models about livelihoods do not stand up for long Yet, as we have seen, whether in relation to wld resources, land or water and across the countries, certain basic assumptions are repeated Despite the fact that these do not generally reflect empincal reality, they remain pervasive and influential in the framing of policy Thus the models used in policy often have deeply embedded assump…
Wild Resources Management in Southern Africa: Participation, Partnerships, Ecoregions and Redistribution
In rural southern Africa, access to wild resources is critical to livelihoods and various attempts have been made by policy-makers to increase the income derived from them by poor communities. This article examines the existing and emerging institutional arrangements in the tourism/safari hunting and forestry sectors and assesses their impact on livelihoods. Case studies of wildlife and forestry management initiatives are drawn from the Eastern C…
Wildlife management and land reform in southeastern Zimbabwe: A compatible pairing or a contradiction in terms
Pathways of Change in Africa: Crops, Livestock and Livelihoods in Mali, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe
Ian Scoones and William Wolmer, eds. Pathways of Change in Africa: Crops, Livestock and Livelihoods in Mali, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. Oxford: James Currey / Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing, 2002. xx + 236 pp. Figures. Maps. Tables. Boxes. Bibliography. Index. $64.95. Cloth. Pathways of Change offers a conceptually interesting, empirically rich, and convincing argument for a more sophisticated understanding of the complexities of small-scale m…
Transboundary Conservation: The Politics of Ecological Integrity in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of an ostensibly surprising coalition of interests around the notion of Transboundary Natural Resource Management (TBNRM) in Southern Africa. Deep green 'bioregionalists', conservation biologists and neo-liberal development advocates have found common cause in espousing the re-establishment of ecological integrity across 'artificial' frontiers and administrative boundaries. TBNRM has effects far beyond th…
From jambanja to planning: The reassertion of technocracy in land reform in south-eastern Zimbabwe
This paper examines the land occupations and fast-track resettlement process in Chiredzi district in Zimbabwe's southeast lowveld, and argues that their broad-brush representation as chaotic, violent and unplanned is misleading. In Zimbabwe the instruments and mechanisms of order assert themselves even in the midst of violent disorder. The on-going deployment of the formal and technical tools and discourses of land-use planning have been instrume…
Biodiversity Conservation and the Eradication of Poverty
It is widely accepted that biodiversity loss and poverty are linked problems and that conservation and poverty reduction should be tackled together. However, success with integrated strategies is elusive. There is sharp debate about the social impacts of conservation programs and the success of community-based approaches to conservation. Clear conceptual frameworks are needed if policies in these two areas are to be combined. We review the links …
Wilderness gained, wilderness lost: Wildlife management and land occupations in Zimbabwe's southeast lowveld
Land, Landscapes and Disease: The Case of Foot and Mouth in Southern Zimbabwe
The Dynamics of Real Markets: Cattle in Southern Zimbabwe following Land Reform
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…
The new politics of Zimbabwe's lowveld: Struggles over land at the margins
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 in Crisis: Challenges for Rural Development in Southern Africa
Livelihoods in southern Africa are in crisis. One of the worst ever food crises has hit the region, with over 14 million reported to be at risk. Newspapers carry appeals from charities for support, and TV images of food queues and malnourished children are commonplace. Yet, southern Africa is the region where the development success story was supposed to unfold. This was the bread basket of the continent, where economic reforms were apparently ge…
Geography (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Agriculture (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Livelihood (8 works) · African history and culture studies (7 works) · Land Rights and Reforms (7 works)