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The right to be rural: Farm community development and social services in Zimbabwe’s resettlement areas

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At a time when practitioners and scholars are crystallized around reconnoitering the outcomes of Zimbabwe’s fast track land reform, focus on farm community development and social services in the resettlements is paltry. These communities were envisaged to be enablers and guarantors of rural and national development. Applying a Transformative Social Policy approach and qualitative methodology, the article draws on nuanced insights from the resettlement areas with the principal aim of advancing pathways for improving farm community development. The study shows that fast track communities are characterized by multiple and enduring lacunae in social services particularly schools, clinics, potable water, shopping centers, accessible roads, and reliable transport. However, the farmers are responding in agentive and innovative ways to reduce the challenges. This study enriches community development theory, and informs policy-makers on pertinent aspects that should inform policy and practice in relation to social services and development in resettlement areas.

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  • Tom Tom, 2025. "The right to be rural: Farm community development and social services in Zimbabwe’s resettlement areas," Community Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(4), pages 503-524, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:comdev:v:56:y:2025:i:4:p:503-524
    DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2024.2403003
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