Social and Economic Effects of Land Redistribution Programme in Zimbabwe Erdem Kilic
Title: Social and Economic Effects of Land Redistribution Programme in Zimbabwe Erdem Kilic
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 2143 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Social and Economic Effects of Land Redistribution Programme in Zimbabwe Erdem Kilic
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 2143 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
The government of Zimbabwe officially announced the introduction of the land reform programme in1985, declaring it would acquire more than 3,000 farms for redistribution. According to government figures, whites owned 40 percent of Zimbabwe's agricultural land which is around 10 million hectares as recently as 1980, but black Zimbabweans live in over-crowded communal areas which have arid soil and have little or no access to water. ("The Politics of Land," 2003). Because the people see land as an alternative source
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