To complement this ongoing blog and the various academic outputs we produce from the research, we always try and produce some colour booklets on themes emerging from our research for wide sharing.
The booklets draw from our blogs, and have plenty of photos illustrating the themes. They are shared within our research areas and are much appreciated, but donors, UN officials and government officers also seem to like reading them too! Our booklets are central to our approach to ‘impact’ and also provide a great way of continuing the connection with our study areas.
Last year we highlighted three themes in new booklets (shared online in January), including on small-scale mechanisation, hidden markets and value chains and livestock systems in dryland areas. Now we have produced two more booklets to add to the series, one on young people and land reform and the other on small towns in land reform areas. Both these themes have been central to our recent research.
This article is from Zimbabweland, a blog written by IDS Research Fellow Ian Scoones. Zimbabweland focuses on issues related to rural livelihoods and land reform in Zimbabwe.
