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A Comparison Of Governance Of Some Community Based Woodland And Wetland Projects With Grazing Schemes In Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe
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A critique of by-law development and implementation in Chivi District, Zimbabwe
(Institute of Environmental Studies (IES) (UZ), 2001)The proper alignment of authority and responsibility within and between various levels of social organization is a fundamental governance problem. This study used a review approach to critically interrogate the political ... -
A Discriminant Analysis Of Factors Affecting Productivity And Profitability Of Smallholder Households
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension (AEE); University of Zimbabwe, 2000-03)In neoclassical economics institutions are considered to be givens or mere constants in agricultural production and development. There is now a new field of economics that argues that institutions are not givens in ... -
A Farm Level Evaluation Of The Impact Of IPM On Pesticide Use: A Comparative Analysis Of IPM And Non-IPM Trained Farmers In Zimbabwe’s Smallholder Sector
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension ( AEE) ; University of Zimbabwe, 2003-04)Smallholder farmers constitute the majority of farmers in Zimbabwe. Their production systems are predominately subsistence based, in which maize accounts for over 65% of the cultivated area. Horticultural production has ... -
A proto-campfire initiative in Mahenye Ward, Chipinge District: development of a wildlife utilization programme in response to community needs
(Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) ; University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1992-07)Mahenye ward lies in the lowveld at the southeastern edge of Zimbabwe/ adjacent to Gonarezhou National Park which forms the wildlife resource base of the area. Beginning in 1982, Mahenye ward's wildlife utilization project ... -
A Sociological Analysis of Ngomahuru Isolation Hospital
(University of Zimbabwe Publications (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1969-01)This article falls into two parts; Part 1 is subdivided into the following eight sections: 1. The history of the care of lepers in Rhodesia; 2. The lay-out of the settlement; 3. The settlement administration; 4. The ... -
A Village School and Community Development in a Rhodesian Tribal Trust Land.
(UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE Publications (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1970-01)This article presents and analyses a case history collected from one community in a Rhodesian tribal trust land, with special reference to the village school as a factor in social change.1 In particular it deals with those ... -
An Analysis of African Family Expenditure Part Two: the Chiweshe Reserve
(Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1971-03)Chiweshe Reserve is some 60 miles north-west of Salisbury in the Mazoe district, and is a typical African Reserve in the high veld of Mashonaland. Male absenteeism is fairly high, and agriculture is typically carried out ... -
An Analysis Of Crop Diversification, Food Security And Adoption Of Sustainable Soil And Moisture Conservation Tillage Practices By Smallholder Farmers In Zimbabwe: A Case Study Of Kandeya Communal Land
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension (AEE); University of Zimbabwe, 1998-07)This paper is based on an empirical case study quantifying the relationship between soil and moisture conservation practices, food and cash crop production and farm household welfare-food security and household income. The ... -
An Assessment Of The Role Of Parents In Developing 'Fast-Track' Schools: The Case Of Mashonaland West Province
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2009-11)The study focused on assessing the role that parents were playing in developing ‘fast-track’ schools in the newly resettled commercial farms under the fast-track Land Reform Programme in the Mashonaland West Province of ... -
An Economic Analysis of Swaziland’s Cotton Pricing and Marketing Policies for Smallholder Farmers in Marginal Rainfall Areas
(Department Of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE) (University of Zimbabwe) (UZ), 2000-03)Cotton is the main source of income for rural households in the smallholder-farming sector and provides employment at rural and national level. Despite the vital role played by cotton, production has declined since 1991. ... -
An Economic Determination of the Optimal Price and Harvest Rates for Sustainable Commercial Indigenous Timber Management in Zimbabwe: A Case Study of Mzola in Matebeleland
(Department Of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE) (University of Zimbabwe) (UZ), 1999-02)A number of reports (see Judge, 1975, World Bank, 1993, Forestry Commission, 1995, Mushove, 1994) show that Commercial Indigenous Timber (CIT) appears to be exploited at an unsustainable rate. Over-exploitation and wasteful ... -
An Economic Evaluation Of Soil Conservation Measures In Zvimba And Chirau Communal Lands
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension (AEE); University of Zimbabwe, 1991-08)Soil erosion is an increasingly important problem in Zimbabwe. Whitlow (1988) states that 4.7% of the country or 1.8 mio hectares of land are actually eroded, the bulk (1.5 mio hectares) located in the Communal Lands. ... -
Beyond Statistical and Conceptual Rigour-Mortis in Research on Rural Development and Food Self-Sufficiency in Africa
(1985-07-22)The food 'crisis' affecting Africa, as yet shows no sign of abetting. The United Nations Secretary General has recently stated that it may in fact get worse this year. In a report to the U.N. Economic and Social Council, ... -
CAMPFIRE; Policy Changes & Legislative Amendments - Programme Impact in the New Millennium.
(Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) , University of Zimbabwe., 2000-02)This paper first looks at the resource tenure and local governance contexts within which the CAMPFIRE programme is being implemented and associated institutional arrangements. This background is useful in the understanding ... -
China: Development Policies And Rural Change
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Common Property or Open Access Resources? Contributions and Crisis
(Department Of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE) (University of Zimbabwe) (UZ), 1996-12)This paper sets to show the contribution of common property resources (CPRs) to the welfare of communal area (CA) households and the crisis faced by CPRs as reflected by their shrinkage, productivity decline and management ... -
Community Development in Pre-Independence Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 1985)AIMS OF THE STUDY. Community Development Policy was officially adopted in Rhodesia in May 1962. From this date, until after its climax in f970, it was one of the major rural planning policy instruments in the African Tribal ... -
Community Participation in Rural Water Supply
(Geographical Association of Zimbabwe (GAZ), 1988-09)The need for safe and adequate water by all human beings is well recognized. However, a close examination o-f the accessibility, adequacy and the quality of water for the people of developing countries reveals a very sad ...