Fast track land reform programme, tenure security and investments in soil conservation: Micro-evidence from Mazowe District in Zimbabwe

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-139

  Zikhali, Precious ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Land reform; Soil conservation investments; Tenure security; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INVESTMENT; LAND REFORM; LANDOWNERSHIP; PERCEPTION; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; RURAL PLANNING; SOIL CONSERVATION; TENURE SYSTEM;

MASHONALAND CENTRAL; MAZOWE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77954125904     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2010.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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