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Title:Trees in Fields in Southern Zimbabwe
Author:Wilson, Ken B.ISNI
Year:1989
Periodical:Journal of Southern African Studies
Volume:15
Issue:2
Period:January
Pages:369-383
Language:English
Geographic term:Zimbabwe
Subjects:agricultural policy
subsistence farming
land use
agricultural land
agroforestry
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Development and Technology
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/2636808
Abstract:The presence of large, attractive, indigenous trees in cultivated fields is a notable feature of peasant farming areas in Zimbabwe. The preservation of these trees has been part of the resistance to agricultural intervention by the State. Furthermore, the trees were associated with land spirit guardianship, an important feature of social and political life in Central Africa. Aim of this paper is to clarify the interactions between such institutions and the State, which has always promoted tree removal. Sections: Historical dynamics of the farming system: a changing context for conservation - The ecological role of trees in the farming systems of southern Zimbabwe - Sacredness of trees in fields - Conclusion: anatomy of a dispute involving the interface between southern Shona science, ecological religion and the rationality of indigenous production systems, in opposition to settler science and its conception of development. App. (glossary of tree names), notes, ref.
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