Hanging on while an industry collapses
Series: Farmers' Weekly ; 139(3) 18 July 2003, 88-89(2)Publication details: 2003Subject(s): Summary: Looks at the situation for Zimbabwe's mainly white commercial farmers in the face of President Mugabe's uncompromising compulsory land acquisition. Finds that the farms invaded by the Zimbabwean army veterans are not producing enough to support the new settlers and that those white farmers left are still being intimidated and threatened with eviction. Nor have the reforms held to the policy's stated aims of fairness, redressing colonial injustice and black empowerment, as the 'one man, one farm' ideal has been ignored with many of Mugabe's supporters having done well out of phase two of the land reform. Concludes that the outlook for the country's agricultural sector is bleak as production levels plummet.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS67020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 123289-1001 |
Looks at the situation for Zimbabwe's mainly white commercial farmers in the face of President Mugabe's uncompromising compulsory land acquisition. Finds that the farms invaded by the Zimbabwean army veterans are not producing enough to support the new settlers and that those white farmers left are still being intimidated and threatened with eviction. Nor have the reforms held to the policy's stated aims of fairness, redressing colonial injustice and black empowerment, as the 'one man, one farm' ideal has been ignored with many of Mugabe's supporters having done well out of phase two of the land reform. Concludes that the outlook for the country's agricultural sector is bleak as production levels plummet.