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Title: | Trees in Fields in Southern Zimbabwe |
Author: | Wilson, Ken B. |
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. |