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This book is based on iterative multi-sited ethnography at Merrivale farm, Tavaka village, and various sites in South Africa. The author reveals how the dynamics generated by fast-track potentially offer new development opportunities – specifically for women. The findings challenge existing expert notions and opinions about women’s rural land use, livelihoods, and rural development. The book examines how negotiations and bargaining by women with family, state, and traditional actors have proved useful in accessing land in Mwenezi district, Zimbabwe. The hidden, complex, and innovative ways adopted by women to access land and shape livelihoods based on transitory mobility are examined. The role of collective action, conflicts, conflict resolution, and women’s agency in overcoming the challenges associated with trading in South Africa are examined within the ambit of the sustainable livelihoods framework, a gendered approach to land reform and social networks analysis.

Land. Real estate --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Law of real property --- Zimbabwe --- Land reform --- Women --- Agriculture and state --- Women in agriculture --- Migration, Internal --- Reforme agraire --- Femmes --- Politique agricole --- Femmes en agriculture --- Migration intérieure --- Economic conditions --- Conditions économiques --- Fast Track Land Reform Programme (Zimbabwe) --- Migration intérieure --- Conditions économiques --- Land reform - Zimbabwe --- Agriculture and state - Zimbabwe --- Women in agriculture - Zimbabwe --- Women - Zimbabwe - Economic conditions - 21st century --- Migration, Internal - Zimbabwe --- Internal migration --- Mobility --- Population geography --- Internal migrants --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Farm women --- Agriculture --- FTLRP --- Gender --- Trade --- Land ownership --- Agricultural sector --- Labour --- Government policy --- Rural areas --- Relationships --- Book --- Anthropology --- Empowerment