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1. Library Resource

   

   Gendered dimensions of land and rural livelihoods: the case of new settler farmer displacement at Nuanetsi Ranch, Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe

   October, 2012

   Zimbabwe

   Land Conflicts

   Land & Gender

   Land & Food Security

   land

   displacement

   land rights

   food security

   agriculture

   The biofuel boom has become a core issue in Zimbabwean land and development debates. Biofuels require large tracts of land for production; and the land acquisition programmes by the various state, non-state actors and individuals have been termed ‘land grabbing’. The increasing global demand for biofuels has different gender specific socio-economic and environmental effects in Zimbabwe. Males and females in the biofuel producing zone may face a differential risk matrix, comprising different issues.

2. Library Resource

   

   Commercial Biofuel Land Deals & Environment and Social Impact Assessments in Africa: Three case studies in Mozambique and Sierra Leone

   Reports & Research

   April, 2011

   Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Africa

   Land Conflicts

   Land & Investments

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Land & Food Security

   land

   land deals

   displacement

   environment

   food security

   assessment

   Examines 3 case studies of proposed biofuel developments in Mozambique and Sierra Leone in terms of social displacement. More mitigation measures could provide livelihood restitution and avoid negative food security impacts.

3. Library Resource

   

   Gendered Dimensions of Land & Rural Livelihoods. The case of new settler farmer displacement at Nuanetsi Ranch, Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe

   Reports & Research

   October, 2012

   Zimbabwe, Africa

   Land Conflicts

   Land & Gender

   land

   displacement

   land reform

   women

   Nuanetsi Ranch had been invaded by villagers from different parts of Mwenezi, Chiredzi and Chivi communal areas since 2000. In February 2010, the government announced that the settlers had to be removed and resettled in other ’uncontested lands’ in the area, compromising their rights to sustainable livelihoods, human development and land acquisition. The perceptions of the men and women resident at Chigwizi has had a bearing on understanding the nature of gendered land and rural livelihoods in the context of biofuel production in Zimbabwe, after fast track land reform.

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   Land-based Investments in Tanzania

   Legal Framework and Realities on the Ground

   Peer-reviewed publication

   August, 2014

   Tanzania

   Land & Food Security

   Land & Gender

   Land & Investments

   concession (land)

   displacement

   dispossession

   land dispute

   land investments

   land law

   land reform

   Beginning in the mid-1970s through to the 1980s, Tanzania experienced a severe socio-economic crisis. In an attempt to turn things around the abating economy and accelerate economic growth, the government embarked on a broad range of radical policy, legislation, and institution reforms, which opened doors for foreign direct investments (FDIs) and further initiatives have been taken to create an enabling environment for investments to flourish in the country.