University of Zimbabwe Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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A critical examination of the role of action research.
(2019-10)In Zimbabwe, there is no school for teacher educators. People who become teacher educators do so after gaining primary or secondary school teaching experience. Teacher educators may not have the necessary means to determine ... -
An evaluation of customer retention as a strategy to enhance competitiveness in the edible oils industry in Zimbabwe (2009 - 2013)
(2017-12)The main aim of the study was to evaluate customer retention as a strategy that enhances competitiveness in the edible oil industry in Zimbabwe. There is so much competition from within the industry and mainly from South ... -
Combining ability and heterosis of heat and drought stress tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.).
(2019-05-01)Drought and heat stress are major abiotic stresses limiting maize production in Zimbabwe and Africa at large causing low yields. In order to bridge on this gap of low yields, within its Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa ... -
Taking a melodic approach in preventing road accidents: an instructive therapy from Charles Charamba's song, Musatyaire Makadhakwa.
(2016-08)It is envisaged that music influences emotions, but little attention has been given to understanding how it affects emotion regulation in driving accidents. To the music therapist, an understanding of this phenomenon has ... -
Water and the environment in southern Africa: A review of the literature since 1990.
(AOSIS (African Online Scientific Information Systems), 2019-11-13)This article is a review of the dominant literature on water issues, water rights and the environment in southern Africa. Being the first in a series of reviews of different regions, it is framed through a survey of national ... -
Colonial agrarian history of Sanyati (Zimbabwe): Prelude, debates and innuendoes of Tribal Trust Land Development Corporation (TILCOR) Decentralised Development, 1948-1979.
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2016)This article examines the colonial agrarian history of Gowe-Sanyati Communal Lands in Zimbabwe between 1948 and 1979 paying attention to the context, debates and innuendoes of Tribal Trust Land Development Corporation (TILCOR) ... -
TILCOR-Sanyati Irrigation: A case of development within the decentralisation policy context in colonial Zimbabwe, 1956-1980.
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2015)Extensive global and African scholarship exists on how decentralisation has been implemented to achieve rural growth. Pre-eminent scholars like Liihring, Mutizwa- Mangiza, Fortmann and Hankla contend that decentralisation ... -
The sustainability of the strategies used in mobilising revenue by local authorities in Zimbabwe.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2018-04)This research assesses the sustainability of revenue mobilisation strategies in place at Harare City Council. Despite authority conferred upon local government authorities by the Zimbabwean national constitution of 2013 ... -
Drivers of agricultural productivity in communal irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe: A case study of incomes generated by female farmers in Nyanyadzi irrigation scheme, Manicaland province.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2018-11)The study investigated socio-economic factors that affect women’s agricultural productivity and subsequent income in such schemes in Zimbabwe. The research used a Mixed Method Research Methodology to collect both qualitative ... -
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) process in small-scale mining sector: Awareness, perceptions and environmental management strategies in Mudzi district, Zimbabwe.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2018-11)This thesis explores EIA in the small-scale artisanal gold mining sector in order to understand awareness, perceptions and environmental management strategies in Mudzi district, Zimbabwe. The study adopted a mixed methodology ... -
An investigation into the social factors influencing adolescents who intent to join Christian life to susceptibility to HIV and AIDS: A case study of Nharira Catholic mission in Chikomba district.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2012-02)The aspect of the susceptibility and spread of HIV and AIDS is the most daunting and topical issue today .The 21st century has been daunted by the pandemic and the rate at which it is spreading is increasingly high, However, ... -
Genomic selection in rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPS) marker data obtained from genotyping by sequencing (GBS).
(2019-06-01)Genomic selection (GS) in rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) has huge potential to meet future demands of rubber in an economically and environmentally sustainable way. In Hevea breeding programmes, genomic selection can ... -
Milk production and marketing in organized smallholder dairy value chains: A case study of dairy development programme schemes in Zimbabwe.
(2019-06-01)At the attainment of Zimbabwe’s independence, the government of Zimbabwe established the smallholder dairy development programme to encourage smallholder farmers to participate in organized value chains. Although now ... -
Response of common bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.) to rhizobia inoculation, nitrogen and phosphorus application on smallholder farms in eastern Zimbabwe.
(2019-06-01)Soil fertility depletion ranks as the most important drawback to crop productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. On-farm experiments were conducted during the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 cropping seasons to explore the effect of ... -
Effects of parent choices of provitamin A inbred lines on productivity and stability of their corresponding hybrids.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2019-06-01)Maize is a cereal that is widely utilized as both a food and feed crop globally. In Africa alone, about 900 million people depend on maize as a staple crop. Although maize is very rich in energy, it contains nutritionally ... -
Mechanisms and mode of inheritance for Striga asiatica resistance in IITA derived maize germplasm.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2015-05-01)S. asiatica is the most common parasitic weed found in Zimbabwe. It causes huge grain losses in resource poor smallholder farming sector characterised by poor soil fertility and low rainfall. S. asiatica resistant maize ... -
Evaluation of CIMMYT three-way experimental maize hybrids developed using provitamin A single crosses and quality protein inbred lines.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2019-05-01)Provitamin A single cross by quality protein (PVTA x QP) three-way maize hybrids developed by CIMMYT were evaluated for their grain yielding abilities, yield stability and days to 50 % anthesis. The objective of the ... -
Maize fertilization under conservation agriculture systems on heterogeneous smallholder farms in Zimbabwe.
(2019-09-01)Soil fertility depletion, unreliable rainfall patterns and poor access to nutrient supplements continue to impede crop production in much of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There is increasing need to develop holistic ... -
The contributions of women in farming to the political economy of Zimbabwe: A focus on women in A1 and A2 farming models (2000-2016).
(University of Zimbabwe, 2019-08-01)This study examined the contributions of A1 and A2 black women farmers, who benefitted from Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP), to the political economy of the country for the period 2000 up to 2016. The ... -
Detection of Tobacco mosaic tobamovirus resistance gene (N-gene) in tobacco genotypes using gene specific markers.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2012-11-01)Tobacco mosaic tobamovirus (TMV) is one of the most destructive viral diseases that threaten worldwide tobacco production. Use of host resistance appears to be the best way to control the disease. The use of specific ...
