JSAS HITACHI PROJECT, ZIMBABWE TEAM CONFERENCE

The Zimbabwe Team of the JSAS Hitachi project invites you to a conference on 14th September 2023. The conference which will be held in Harare focuses on innovative resilience and Zimbabwe's local remedies in the face of COVID-19.
Alternative Venue: Zoom
PROGRAMME
08:30 – 09:00: Registration and Tea
09:00 – 09:15: Welcome Remarks
09:15 – 09:30: Introductions of research project and meeting objectives
Hanai Kazuyo/Ranga Muchetu
09:30 – 10:00: Responses to COVID-19 in Southern Africa
An analysis of the social and economic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: Case of Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe
Simbarashe Tatsvarei
10:00 – 10:30: Plenary Discussion
10:30 – 11:0: Tea Break
11:00 – 12:00: Implications of COVID-19 in the agrarian sector in Zimbabwe
Chair:
- COVID-19: a perfect storm of downside risk for farmer’s markets and livelihoods in Zimbabwe (Ranga Muchetu)
- Gendered implications of the COVID-19 on sugarcane farmers in Chiredzi
(Newman Tekwa)
- COVID-19 Pandemic and the continuing process of re-peasantisation in Zimbabwe
(Walter Chambati)
12:00 – 13:00: Plenary Discussion
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30: Post Pandemic Policy Responses in Zimbabwe
Chair: Clement Chipenda
'The Legacy of COVID-19 in the background of interlocking crises in Zimbabwe’s agrarian sector: Reflections on a transformative policy agenda in a post-pandemic context
14:30 – 15:00: Plenary Discussion
15:00 – 15:30: Conclusion and Way Forward
15:30: Tea Break & Departure
ZOOM Link : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84127388385
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