Exclusion and contests over wetlands used for farming in Zimbabwe: A case study of broad-ridge and broad-furrow tillage system on Zungwi Vlei

Journal of Political Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 322-338

  Mbereko, Alexio ^a   Mukamuri, Billy B ^b   Chimbari, Moses J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

agricultural technology; Development; political ecology; resources conflict; vlei; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 85097780174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10730451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/v22i1.21111     Document Type: Article

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