LEDC Rural Migration

... LEDC Rural Migration Monze Depopulation Monze is a small village situated in the South of Zambia in between the capital Lusaka and Livingstone. Monze is experiencing depopulation, especially with young people leaving, due to shortages f land and economic activity. However rural to urban migration hasn't happened recently in the past people have migrated to towns with copper mines and commercial farming. The reserve areas in Monze were intended to by colonial administration. These would provide cheap labour for farms of the European settlers located in areas call crown land. These areas would provide income for African people. Some European settlers kept commercial farming between 200 to 5,000 hectares, however some were sold to African people with sizes of 2 to 25 hectares. However these areas were neglected as mining was seen as the main economic activity development and agriculture was used for cheap food and a source of labour. Another reasons for depopulation was

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