Impact of Zimbabweâs fast track land reform programme on the production and marketing of maize in the smallholder sector

Ajuruchukwu Obi

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Impact of Zimbabweâs fast track land reform programme on the production and marketing of maize in the smallholder sector

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086866991_011

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Many parts of the developing world face situations whereby the meagre farm produce of resource-poor farmers are either not sold at all or are only sold on terms that penalize the producers and severely hurt their livelihoods. Government and market failures arising from, and worsened by, weakened primary markets, are often blamed for this situation and cause serious concern as impediments to economic development. Such failures commonly arise from improper attention to the critical conditions for the success of programmes whose traditional developmental goals are indisputable. This chapter examines the impact of the most recent Zimbabwean land redistribution programme. The chapter explores the issues around the implementation of the fast track land reform programme and suggests that the programme has negatively impacted on maize yields and weakened primary markets by simultaneously creating supply bottlenecks and lowering effective demand as a consequence of depressed earnings and restrictions on cross-border trading in maize. Elements for the restoration of productive capacities and enhanced livelihoods are discernible.

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E-Book ISBN:: 9789086866991

Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 15 Nov 2010

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