Urban Food Security and Household Livelihoods in the Political Ecology of Zimbabwe's Land Reform
The presentation explores Zimbabwe's fast track land reform in the context of its impacts on urban food security. The study uses a political ecology framework to assess the existing conflict between the Zimbabwe state, on the one hand, and the white farmers/British alliance. It traces out the two sides have interpreted key concepts like drought, vulnerability and food security, to gain political advantage in the conflict; and concludes by examining its impacts on the livelihoods of urban households.
Keywords: Zimbabwe, Land Reform, Food Security, Political Ecology
Dr. B. Ikubolajeh Logan
Professor of African Studies/Geography, Department of African Studies/Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University
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Her research work has covered a new African development theory, African brain drain and structural adjustment policies. Recent research has focussed on the political ecology of development in southern Africa with a special emphasis on Zimbabwe.
Ref: S05P0105