Land reform, Food security and Stability in Africa

lessons from Zimbabwe, South Africa and Kenya

IS Seminar

by Prosper Matondi (Ruzivo Trust, Harare, Zimbabwe) 
 and Lionel Cliffe (Centre for African Studies at the University of Leeds, UK)

The Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) has created a new agrarian structure in Zimbabwe. In this seminar, Prosper Matondi (Ruzivo Trust) will discuss what this land reform has brought Zimbabwe, both from a national perspective as well as the perspective of the land reform beneficiaries. What opportunities and constraints do they experience in developing their new farms and livelihoods? What has been the effect of the land reforms on national food security and peace and stability in the country? Lionel Cliffe will contextualize Matondi’s account by comparing the Zimbabwean experience with post-colonial land reforms in Kenya and South Africa.

Registration:  20 June at the latest at: DAF@minbuza.nl