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Report on Assessment of the Impact of Land Reform Programme
on Commercial Farm Worker Livelihoods
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A rapid assessment at farm level was conducted in the four provinces of Mashonaland West,East, Central and Manicaland provinces.
A comprehensive list of farms acquired for resettlement as at March 31, was obtained from the local government CFU and Agritex. This information was complied by district for all provinces to be covered. Numbers of farms acquired per district tables were generated. This number came to about 2300 farms. From these a 10 percent sample was picked for the survey distributed proportionately by district.
Provincial coordinators facilitated in identification of the farms on the ground to ensure that all aspects in the farming environment for the relevant provinces were covered. The knowledge of local staff on the ground ensured that possible visits to farms that had not been affected was minimised
A structured questionnaire was administered to a knowledgeable person found on the farm to include the farmer, the farm health worker, the manager or foreman. Crosschecks were also done with farm workers where the key respondent was not very clear
Qualitative information was also gathered from farmers, settlers and farm workers on their experiences, concerns and expectations.
A total of 235 farms were accessed but 216 questionnaires had full information and were used for analysis. Analysis was done using SPSS software.
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