Abstract

Land self-provisioning has been a strategy not only for land access for the landless, but also to rebuild or improve livelihoods for people recovering from livelihood shocks. An analysis of siziphile land occupation of an abandoned safari ranch by communal area residents in south-western Lupane District, reveals the limitation and livelihood risks of such occupations. It shows how by extending farming activities into a safari ranch (which was home to a variety of wild life), farmers were exposed to a great threat from wild life and to their livelihoods. Yet, these farmers typically lacked the means to protect their crops from wild animals. They had no means to recover from the loss of what they had invested after elephants destroyed their crops. The paper emphasizes the risk taken by households to farm a former safari ranch and how it worked to further impoverish households as opposed to improving their livelihoods situation.

摘要

土地自给自足不仅是为无地者提供土地的战略，而且还是重建或改善从生计冲击中恢复的人们的生计的一项战略。siziphile的分析Lupane西南地区公共区域居民对一个废弃的野生动物园的土地占用，揭示了这种职业的局限性和生计风险。它显示了如何通过将农业活动扩展到野生牧场（野生生物的家园）来使农民面临野生生物及其生计的巨大威胁。但是，这些农民通常缺乏保护农作物免受野生动物侵害的手段。他们没有办法从大象毁掉庄稼后的投资损失中恢复过来。该论文强调了家庭要冒险种植一个前野生动物园的风险，以及它如何使贫困家庭进一步贫困而不是改善他们的生计状况。