The poor reclaim their land
By Stuart Munckton
The land reform is also aimed at solving some of the problems in the cities. An explosion of rural poverty in the 1970s and 1980s led to mass migration into the cities (neoliberal policies in the region made this a continent-wide phenomena). Now, 90% of the population live in cities, many of them clustered in poor neighbourhoods on the outskirts. In order to both stimulate food production and solve the problems of the urban poor, the government has formulated a plan to encourage voluntary migration back to the countryside to form cooperatives to farm land redistributed by the government.
The land reform is also aimed at solving some of the problems in the cities. An explosion of rural poverty in the 1970s and 1980s led to mass migration into the cities (neoliberal policies in the region made this a continent-wide phenomena). Now, 90% of the population live in cities, many of them clustered in poor neighbourhoods on the outskirts. In order to both stimulate food production and solve the problems of the urban poor, the government has formulated a plan to encourage voluntary migration back to the countryside to form cooperatives to farm land redistributed by the government.
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