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Animal health research and development
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 2006)
Zimbabwe’s veterinary delivery system and research capability have been shaped by the need to prevent, control, manage and/or eradicate animal diseases.202 Although major epidemics like rinderpest, contagious bovine ...
Conduct of agents in the Northern Malawi tobacco market channel
(Department Of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE) (University of Zimbabwe) (UZ), 2000-03)
This study is based on the Industrial Organisation (10) theory to analyse the behaviour of farmers and firms and the economic performance and how it changes over time. This model posits that there are basic conditions that ...
Rural financial markets: historical overview 1924-1991
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 2006)
In the period 1980 to 1991, Zimbabwe’s commercial farming sector was serviced by a highly developed and regulated financial system. In contrast, the less developed rural sector was inadequately serviced by a poor formal ...
Farming systems in Zimbabwe’s smallholder agricultural sector: the case of Gokwe South District
(Department Of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE) (University of Zimbabwe) (UZ), 2000-03)
Farming systems in Gokwe South District today are essentially the product of interactions between local indigenous cultivation systems and external interventions. Dryland crop production is the major income generating ...
A Review Of Land Reallocation In Zimbabwe (1980-2000)
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension; University of Zimbabwe., 2001-04)
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Zimbabwean economy and land is the key resource in agricultural production. During the colonial era in Zimbabwe, land was distributed along racial lines, approximately 4660 large scale ...
Government Assisted And Market- Driven Land Reform: Evaluating Public and Private Land Markets in Redistributing Land in Zimbabwe
(Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, 2003)
Upon independence in 1980, Zimbabwe inherited a dual economy characterized by skewed land ownership and white minority control of land. For a decade following independence, government made headway in redistributing land ...
Irrigation, Water Management, And Development In The Zambezi Valley: The Case of Chitsungo Ward
(Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, 2003)
This paper focuses on irrigation, water management, and development in Chitsungo Ward in the Zambezi valley. It is an analysis of how the Dande Irrigation Project, which is mid-way under construction, has and is perceived ...
Towards Sustainable Urban Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Zimbabwe: a Comparative Study of Urban Low and High Density Suburbs of Mabelreign-Marlborough-Westgate and Mabvuku-Tafara, Harare 2005-2008
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2009-11)
The global food crisis is a real observable fact the world over and it is likely to remain with us if unsustainable food production methods are not in place. The food crisis is regarded as a serious number one problem the ...
Agricultural Research Policy
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 2006)
Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 2006)
Smallholder commercialization has been a long drawn out process in both the colonial and post-colonial period. Colonial rule in 1890 saw the emergence of the large-scale commercial farming sector, consisting of white ...