Zimbabwe's environmental dilemma : balancing resource inequities

One of the most controversial issues in post-independence Zimbabwe is how the country can tackle the land question in a way that will only address the gross wrongs of the past but also leave its relatively well-developed commercial agricultural sector intact. Indeed; the cautiousness of the Zimbabwe government in developing its land policy and implementing a major land reform programme is as much a result of the Lancaster House Constitution. The message of this book is unequivocal: land redistribution is the only way by which the country can move into the path of sustainable development. Without major reform; it is argued;the spectre of ecological disaster will continue to loom over the country. There is more to benefit than to lose in a major land reform exercise aimed at resolving the conflict over resources which characterises the present situation

Zimbabwe's environmental dilemma : balancing resource inequities

One of the most controversial issues in post-independence Zimbabwe is how the country can tackle the land question in a way that will only address the gross wrongs of the past but also leave its relatively well-developed commercial agricultural sector intact. Indeed; the cautiousness of the Zimbabwe government in developing its land policy and implementing a major land reform programme is as much a result of the Lancaster House Constitution. The message of this book is unequivocal: land redistribution is the only way by which the country can move into the path of sustainable development. Without major reform; it is argued; the spectre of ecological disaster will continue to loom over the country. There is more to benefit than to lose in a major land reform exercise aimed at resolving the conflict over resources which characterises the present situation