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NYIKA VANHU: THE LAND IS THE PEOPLE: An Examination of Natural Resource Management in Zimbabwe’s Communal Lands
(2012-07-30)
It is generally agreed that for the sustainable management of natural resources to be effective a degree of de-centralisation to local level is an essential requirement. This simple axiom conceals a multitude of conflicting ...
Management of Eutrophication in Small Dams with Both Urban and Rural Catchments in Zimbabwe: a Case Study of Rufaro Dam, Marondera, Zimbabwe.
(2012-08-28)
An investigation was carried out on the limnological status and the nutrient loadings of Rufaro Dam, in Marondera. The limnological parameters of the water in the dam and the inflows that were measured were conductivity, ...
A Lost Opportunity: The Case of the Water Reform Debate in the Fourth Parliament of Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2001)
This article analyses the debate on water reform that took place in the fourth
Parliament of Zimbabwe leading up to the enactment of the Water Act
[Chapter 20: 24] and the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) ...
Maize Yield Forcasting in Malawi Using Satellite Data and a Soil Water Balance Modelling Aproach.
(2012-09-07)
The potential of using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the AgroMetShell (AMS) to forecast and estimate maize yield at Rural Development Project (RDP) level in Malawi was investigated. NDVI is derived from ...
The Theory and Practice of Governance of Water Resources in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)
Since independence in 1980, agricultural land reform in Zimbabwe has been and
continues to receive extensive discussion, although the question of how the
distributed land will be governed has not been spelt out adequately. ...
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 ...