Three decades of agrarian reform in Zimbabwe

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 493-531

  Moyo, Sam ^a  

^a African Institute for Agrarian Studies   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Agrarian transformation; Farm labour tenancy; Market based land reforms; Pluri form land tenure; Small producers; Social differentiation

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; LABOR RELATIONS; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79960568889     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2011.583642     Document Type: Article

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