Restoration of Land Acquired for Resettlement and the Fast-Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on
EfD Authors:

This paper examines the effect of the land reform program on the production of main agricultural crops, which are maize and soyabean, in a bid to deduce the implications of the possible restoration of land acquired for resettlement in Zimbabwe. The interest of this paper is in response to the new legislation by the Government of Zimbabwe under which former farm holders may apply for restoration of title to the piece of agricultural land that was compulsorily acquired from them for resettlement during the 2000 Fast-Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP).

Land, Policy Design

La agenda ambiental como parte del modelo económico de Colombia

Submitted by Manuela Fonseca on

Colombia cuenta con un capital natural enorme, derivado de su riqueza en diversidad biológica, sobre el cual puede generar nuevas oportunidades de progreso e inclusión económica. Al mismo tiempo, el país enfrenta retos ambientales muy importantes asociados a sus profundas desigualdades, debilidad institucional para cumplir sus compromisos internacionales, y para cumplir el mandato de la Constitución de 1991, una de las  cartas más verdes de tiempos recientes.

Agriculture, Air Quality, Climate Change, Conservation, Fisheries

Soil Conservation Practices and Neighborhood Effects – How Sustained are the relationships?

Submitted by Petra Hansson on

Key findings

Soil conservation activities (i.e., mixed cropping) in the south-south and northwest regions of the country in 2015 are influenced by a high prevalence of neighbours’ activities in 2012. Similarly, low prevalence of soil conservation activities in the middle belt of the country is correlated with similarly low activity levels of farmers’ neighbours in the preceding period.

Farmers with high (low) legumes cultivation in 2015 were surrounded by other farmers with similarly high (low) cultivation in 2012.

Agriculture, Biodiversity, Conservation