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Title:Women and Land in Zambia: A Case Study of Small-Scale Farmers in Chenena Village, Chibombo District, Central Zambia
Author:Kajoba, Gear M.ISNI
Year:2002
Periodical:Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (ISSN 1027-1775)
Volume:18
Issue:1
Period:January
Pages:35-61
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Zambia
Southern Africa
Subjects:women farmers
customary law
land law
small farms
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Development and Technology
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Women's Issues
Economics and Trade
agriculture
Cultural Roles
Sex Roles
Agriculture, Agronomy, Forestry
women
land tenure
government policy
subsistence farming
External link:http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/v018/18.1kajoba.pdf
Abstract:This paper assesses the position of small-scale women farmers in Chinena village (Chibombo District, Central Province, Zambia). Field research was conducted in order to ascertain women farmers' current status in terms of the following issues: access to agricultural land; availability of productive assets, food security and strategies of coping with insecurity; the need for land tenure security; the need for more information on the acquisition of title deeds and women's future perspectives on the provisions of the 1995 Land Act and its assumed empowerment of female farmers; and how the process of individualization of land tenure can be harmonized with traditional authority to avoid disruption of relatively peaceful social relations in a rural community. The paper concludes that women farmers tend to obtain or have access to land through their husbands, parents or other male relatives. However, in Chinena, an effort is made by the headman to allocate land to women heads of households on their own merit. What is remarkable is that women farmers have devised creative ways of coping with food insecurity. Adaptability is crucial for sustained independence and viability, as some women are quite successful. Bibliogr., sum.
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