Extending the Grain Basket to the Margins
Spontaneous Land Resettlement and Changing Livelihoods in the Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4604684 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Admos Chimhowu (0000-0003-2274-4679, Center for Global Development, corresponding author), Admos Osmund Chimhowu |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 551-573 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0305707022000006512 |
| OpenAlex | W2009456199 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 12 |
Spontaneous resettlement in frontier regions of Zimbabwe has been a useful way of getting land on which to begin building a livelihood. Through this process, sparsely populated rural districts skirting the mid-Zambezi Valley have undergone long-term socio-economic change. In a case study of Rengwe in Hurungwe District, the paper shows that households that migrated and spontaneously resettled in Rengwe were able to double arable land-holding while gaining membership of a growing frontier community. In the absence of adequate institutional support from the state, however, resettled households were unable to secure key socio-economic services and infrastructure. The study shows that, once resettled, households pursued diversified livelihoods although the levels of diversity varied between households. Poor households showed the least diversity. Although more land provided immediate relief to livelihoods under stress and allowed some households to accumulate assets, a majority of households still had inadequate incomes to stay out of poverty. The study shows that spontaneous resettlement may provide land but, in the absence of public policy intervention to provide social services and infrastructure, it is not a viable alternative to planned settlements
Agriculture · Arable land · Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Frontier · Geography · Human settlement · Livelihood · Poverty · Socioeconomics · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Land Rights and Reforms · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Scales of Vulnerability
Neoclassical and structural analysis of poverty
Single women, land and livelihood vulnerability in a communal area in Zimbabwe
Understanding the economic, socio-cultural, and environmental impacts of resettlement projects
Multiparty elections and land patronage
Siziphile Land Occupations, Wilderness Farming, Threat of the Wild and Livelihood Vulnerability in Western Lupane District
Who Becomes a Farmer
Livelihood dynamics in planned and spontaneous resettlement in Zimbabwe
The co-production of livelihoods and land use change
Green economy initiatives in the face of climate change
Considering the multiple purposes of land in Zimbabwe's economic recovery
Crossing the Boundary
Escaping government resettlement plots for self-resettlement
Whither Conservation and Wildlife Protection? Tsetse Fly, Environment and the Creation of Rengwe Special Native Area (SNA), c1950-1958
After 'Siziphile' Land Occupations
Livelihoods after Land Reform in Zimbabwe
Customary vs Private Property Rights? Dynamics and Trajectories of Vernacular Land Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa
Making Ends Meet
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,82 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |