Impact Of Land Reform Programme In Promoting Agriculture Development In Insiza District From 2002 To 2014

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the effects of The Zimbabwean Fast Track Land Reform in promoting

agriculture development to mitigate poverty. The study targets the beneficiaries to establish

the relationship between land reform programme and agriculture production and it is an

assessment of how the beneficiaries of Insiza district have performed in terms of agriculture

production after the implementation of the policy. The theoretical framework suggests the

land of a nation is for the people and land is a panacea to the poverty crisis in rural

communities. The researcher used the case study as the study design with data being

collected using questionnaires and in-depth interviews. The study recognized the need of

support from the government so to help the beneficiaries uphold the agricultural tradition of

the nation at large in order to fight hard poverty. The study also established that there is too

much political interference and also evidenced droughts that to an extent affect productivity

in newly resettled farms. Therefore, the study recommendations that the government should

by all means support the newly resettled peasants with farm inputs, it must provide with

irrigation schemes or the resuscitation of irrigation infrastructure since the area have recorded

trends of poor rainfall.