Emerging Dynamics in Mkwasine Sugar Estate after the Land Reform in Zimbabwe
Using secondary as well as descriptive data collected from a sample of 45 farmers in Mkwasine Sugar Estate in Chiredzi District in Zimbabwe’s south eastern lowveld, this study examined the dynamics that have emerged in Mkwasine Sugar Estate in the aftermath of land reform. The estate, formerly ow...
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| author | Francis Muromo Paramu Mafongoya |
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| description | Using secondary as well as descriptive data collected from a sample of 45 farmers
in Mkwasine Sugar Estate in Chiredzi District in Zimbabwe’s south eastern lowveld,
this study examined the dynamics that have emerged in Mkwasine Sugar Estate in
the aftermath of land reform. The estate, formerly owned by the multinational-
between Tongaat Hullet Group (THG) of South Africa was compulsorily acquired for
the resettlement of black farmers in an attempt to redress the colonial imbalance of
land ownership between whites and blacks. The study highlights reconfigured land
ownership structures, tenure regimes, tensions and conflicts between the THG and
the farmers as well as amongst the farmers themselves. Findings from the study
established the reconfiguration of the once centrally managed estate into
individually run farms of 10-20 hectares by over 400 black sugarcane farmers. The
study recommends the resolution of contestations by all the stakeholders for the
sustenance of the sugar industry. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-55652023-05-02T10:57:33Z Emerging Dynamics in Mkwasine Sugar Estate after the Land Reform in Zimbabwe Francis Muromo Paramu Mafongoya Tugwi Mukosi Multidisciplinary Research Institute (TMMRI) Midlands State University University Of Kwazulu Natal School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences Mkwasine Sugar Estate Land Reform Zimbabwe Sugar industry Chiredzi District Using secondary as well as descriptive data collected from a sample of 45 farmers in Mkwasine Sugar Estate in Chiredzi District in Zimbabwe’s south eastern lowveld, this study examined the dynamics that have emerged in Mkwasine Sugar Estate in the aftermath of land reform. The estate, formerly owned by the multinational- between Tongaat Hullet Group (THG) of South Africa was compulsorily acquired for the resettlement of black farmers in an attempt to redress the colonial imbalance of land ownership between whites and blacks. The study highlights reconfigured land ownership structures, tenure regimes, tensions and conflicts between the THG and the farmers as well as amongst the farmers themselves. Findings from the study established the reconfiguration of the once centrally managed estate into individually run farms of 10-20 hectares by over 400 black sugarcane farmers. The study recommends the resolution of contestations by all the stakeholders for the sustenance of the sugar industry. 10 1 1 10 2023-05-02T10:57:33Z 2023-05-02T10:57:33Z 2022-06-25 research article https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5565 10.14738/dafs.103.14353 en Discoveries in Agriculture and Food Sciences 2054-7420 open Society for Science and Education |
| spellingShingle | Mkwasine Sugar Estate Land Reform Zimbabwe Sugar industry Chiredzi District Francis Muromo Paramu Mafongoya Emerging Dynamics in Mkwasine Sugar Estate after the Land Reform in Zimbabwe |
| title | Emerging Dynamics in Mkwasine Sugar Estate after the Land Reform in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Emerging Dynamics in Mkwasine Sugar Estate after the Land Reform in Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Emerging Dynamics in Mkwasine Sugar Estate after the Land Reform in Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emerging Dynamics in Mkwasine Sugar Estate after the Land Reform in Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Emerging Dynamics in Mkwasine Sugar Estate after the Land Reform in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | emerging dynamics in mkwasine sugar estate after the land reform in zimbabwe |
| topic | Mkwasine Sugar Estate Land Reform Zimbabwe Sugar industry Chiredzi District |
| url | https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5565 |
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