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The Land and Agrarian Question

The second phase of the land redistribution and resettlement programme in the form of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP), which started in 2000 in Zimbabwe , has created an expanded number and array of small, medium and large scale farms, and effectively transferring ownership from the minority, white farmers to new indigenous farmers. A significant drop in agricultural production and food availability in particular, and in economic activity in general have accompanied this change. This theme assessing the overall impacts of the government's Fast Track Land Reform Programme on the agricultural sector. More specifically, this themotic area assesses trends in agricultural production, food security, the distributional outcomes of the FTLRP and the impacts of FTLRP on the social vulnerable groups.

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• The Land and Agrarian Question in Zimbabwe
  
• Land and Natural Resource Redistribution in Zimbabwe : Access, Equity and Conflict
  
• Overall Impacts of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme
  
• Farm sizes, Decongestion and Land Use: Implications of the Fast Track Land Redistribution Programme in Zimbabwe ,
  
• Agricultural Production Patterns (with special reference to Coffee and Cotton Production),
  
• Impacts of Land Reform on Farm workers and Farm Labour Process,
  
• Gender Relations and Land Reform,
  
• Water for food, poverty alleviation and rural development in Zimbabwe : Possibilities for European Union Assistance
  
• Productive and Social Infrastructure in Models A1 and A2 Resettlement Areas
  
• Natural Resources and Land Reform,
  
• Spatial Developments of Agricultural Clusters,
  
• The Overall Macroeconomic Environment and Agrarian
  
• Institutional Coordination Framework for the Land Reform and Resettlement Programme
  
• Food Security in the Context of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme
  
• The Golden Era? Reflections on the First Phase of Land Reform in Zimbabwe
  
• Land and Agrarian Reform in Zimbabwe
  
• Land and Agrarian Reform in Botswana
  
• Land and Agrarian Reform in Zambia
  
• Land and Agrarian Reform in South Africa
  
• Land and Agrarian Reform in Namibia
  
• Land and Agrarian Reform in Malawi
  
• Land and Agrarian Reform in Zambia
  
• Land Policy, Poverty Reduction and Public Action in Zimbabwe