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51 FACTORS driving the emergence and expansion of contract farming are not new to Zimbabwe. It began in the 1950s, usually linked to state-owned or state-controlled estates, with sales going through the state marketing boards. Private-led contract farming arrangements began to take-off again following ‘dollarisation’ and the re-liberalisation of markets in 2009. Contract farming in Mazowe was in decline during the hyperinflationary period; it increased rapidly in the years since, especially for tobacco farming. Two waves of private-led contract farming have unfolded in Zimbabwe since 1980. The first wave gained momentum in the 1990s, alongside economic and structural adjustment policies,...
