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The Impact of Land Reform on Commercial Farm Workers' Livelihoods
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2. PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH
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An earlier assessment of the situation of farm workers in November 2000 (SC UK, 2000) provided an initial outline of the circumstances this group were finding themselves in as a result of both the Fast-Track land resettlement programme and the wider economic problems in the country. It indicated that there were variations in how farms were being affected by the land issue, and therefore in how the livelihoods of farm workers were being affected. The current assessment, which was carried out in March 2001, was intended to assess the affects of developments since the earlier report, and to present the information in a way that categorised farms in a more systematic way.
The specific objectives were to:
- Investigate the workers' household economies in commercial farms and gain an understanding of the socio-economic situation in farms that are operating normally; farms that have been designated; occupied but not designated; designated and occupied; and facing imminent closure having been fast-tracked.
- Describe access to food and cash income sources and expenditure patterns for the different wealth groups, and to better appreciate the demands placed on their limited resources.
- Analyse the community's capacity to cope with a change in normal livelihood conditions as they experience some major shocks.
- Produce a document for advocacy purposes to raise public awareness and to share information about problems faced by households living and working in the farms.
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