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Contemporary rural livelihoods challenges and post-crisis reconstruction
Admos Chimhowu, Manchester University
June 04, 2007

Presented at Roundtable discussion: Re-thinking aid policy in response to Zimbabwe's protracted crisis

http://www.odi.org.uk/pppg/poverty_and_inequality/Events/2007_Zim_Roundtable/ACpresentation.pdf

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Livelihoods Dimension of the Crisis

By the time the crisis started in 2000, it was already known that:
• Rural livelihoods were diversified- for some groups up to 45% non-farm and off-farm income
• Agriculture was still the dominant means to make a living but its success prior to year 2000 spurred on the emergence of off-farm and non-farm activities
• Agricultural productivity and production was stalling after initial post-independence rebound (attributed to 10% of small holders)
• Most rural households already had consumption incomes below the TPCL but above the FPL

In this presentation focus on the livelihoods during the crisis drawing on a case study from region 2.

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