A Farmers' Jury - The Future of Smallholder Agriculture

This ITDG Working Paper analyses the experience of a farmers' jury in Zimbabwe. Representatives of poor farmers mapped out their vision for the future of agriculture in their country after hearing from policy makers and technical experts of every shade of opinion.

List of contents

Contents; Acknowledgements vii; Executive summary ix; 1 Small-scale farming in Zimbabwe 1; 1.1 Agricultural policy in communal areas 2; 2 The idea of the Farmers' Jury 5; 2.1 The citizen's jury - a deliberative and inclusive process 5; 2.2 The Andhra Pradesh experience 6; 2.3 Izwi neTarisiro: adaptation to the Zimbabwean context 9; 3 Headline issues 13; 3.1 Land reform 13; 3.2 HIV/AIDS 16; 4 Farmer representation 23; 4.1 Zimbabwe Farmers' Union 23; 4.2 ZFU, credit, and marketing 26; 5 Farmer learning 29; 5.1 Genetically modified organisms 29; 5.2 Jury on International Property Rights (IPRs) 34; 6 Conclusions on the Zimbabwean process 37; 7 Ways forward 39; Appendices 43; Bibliography 49

About the author

Stuart Coupe formerly International Projects Manager of the Reducing Vulnerability Team at Practical Action, an international NGO active on agricultural biodiversity and Farmers' Rights issues, has a background in Southern African Studies, including doctorate study and published works since 1992.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Coupe, Jon Hellin, Absolom Masendeke, Elijah Rusike, Tom Wakeford
• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2005
• EAN: 9781853395765
• ISBN: 978-1-85339-576-5
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 209 mm x 296 mm x 4 mm
• Weight: 100 g
• Series: ITDG Working Papers; Itdg Working Papers
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education