Zimbabwe’s contested large-scale land-based investment: The chisumbanje ethanol project
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Date
2015
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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Zimbabwe’s fast-track land reform from 2000 onward yielded
significant land transfers, but led the country to face debilitating
production challenges and lack of investment in agriculture.
Since then, Zimbabwe has not crafted a land policy, and
depends on a raft of existing land laws (such as the Agricultural
Land Settlement Act, Deeds Act and Surveying Act) for land
management. These are old pieces of legislation that cannot
resolve land-related problems facing rural people, such as the
lack of clarity on land tenure, land valuation and compensation,
disputes related to land access, poor land administration and
weak land-use planning. These problems converge to make
investment in land a mammoth challenge, which underscores
the need for a clear land policy.
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Keywords
Ethanol project, Land-based, Investment, Zimbabwe, Land transfers
Citation
Matondi, Prosper B. et al. (2015). Zimbabwe’s contested large-scale land-based investment: The chisumbanje ethanol project. Policy Brief 43, Bellville: Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape