Zimbabwe’s recent land reform had a major impact on farm labour, with much displacement of workers from large-scale commercial farms. However, the scale and implications of this are much disputed and poorly understood. A new paper by Walter Chambati examines the issue with detailed research from Goromonzi district.

• Agrarian Labour Relations in Zimbabwe after Over a Decade of Land and Agrarian Reform (pdf)
• Blog: Ian Scoones: The new farm workers: Changing agrarian labour dynamics following land reform in Zimbabwe

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