Exploring the linkages between mining, land, and agriculture in Zimbabwe

Abstract

This paper builds from an earlier study by the Sam Moyo African nstitute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS) which explores the relations that exist between mining, land and agricultural in Zimbabwe, which all play a key role in the economy through employment creation, foreign exchange generation, infrastructural development and providing linkages to the manufacturing sector. Within the extractive sector, the paper lays emphasis on the mining sector and observes how it accentuates agriculture in terms of land use, which threatens the livelihoods of the peasantry. It analyses the internal and external factors such as politics, the legal frameworks encompassing land, agriculture, and mining and global dynamics underpinning the development of mining and agriculture. The paper concludes by calling for the need to harmonise mining and land laws to enhance
linkages between the mining, agriculture and manufacturing, and also ensure the security of tenure for the peasantry, as well compensation in times where dispossessions are inevitable.