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Journal articles on the topic "Mashonaland West Province (Zimbabwe)"
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Kett, Maria, and Marcella Deluca. "Transport and Access to Inclusive Education in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe." Social Inclusion 4, no. 3 (June 7, 2016): 61–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v4i3.502.
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Lack of accessible transportation is considered a major barrier to education for children with disabilities—children already far less likely to attend school. While millions of children face challenges with getting to school, including long distances, poor roads, lack of transport and safety issues, these can be compounded for children with disabilities. Yet there is little data from low and middle-income countries on the nature and extent of this exclusion, or on attempted solutions. This paper explores some practical options for improving transport as part of providing inclusive education for children with disabilities in low income countries, as well applying concepts of transport-related social exclusion in such contexts. The paper reviews a project designed to improve sustainable transportation to school for children with disabilities in four districts in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe. The most common solution was three wheel motorbikes (tricycles) with trailers. Whilst not been unproblematic, teachers, parents and the wider communities overwhelmingly agree that they have supported children with disabilities to attend school. Obviously tricycles are not the only component needed for an inclusive education system, but they are a start. The paper also highlights some crucial gaps in current approaches, key among which is the fact the most government departments work in silos. Whilst inclusive education is strongly supported by the Zimbabwean Government, there is a lack of joined up thinking between transport and education ministries. Without stronger collaboration across ministries children with disabilities will continue to experience avoidable barriers and transport-related social exclusion.
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Mugauri, Hamufare, Owen Mugurungi, Addmore Chadambuka, Tsitsi Juru, Notion Tafara Gombe, Gerald Shambira, and Mufuta Tshimanga. "Early Infant Diagnosis Sample Management in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe, 2017." AIDS Research and Treatment 2018 (July 26, 2018): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4234256.
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Background. In 2016, Mashonaland West Province had 7.4% (520) dried blood spot (DBS) samples for early infant diagnosis (EID) rejected by the Zimbabwe National Microbiology Reference Laboratory (NMRL). The samples were suboptimal, delaying treatment initiation for HIV-infected children. EID is the entry point to HIV treatment services in exposed infants. We determined reasons for DBS sample rejections and suggested solutions. Methods. A cause-effect analysis, modelled on Ishikawa, was used to identify factors impacting DBS sample quality. Interviewer-administered questionnaires and evaluation of sample collection process, using Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) was conducted. Rejected samples were reviewed. Epi Info™ was used to analyze findings. Results. Eleven (73.3%) facilities did not adhere to SOP and (86.7%) did not evaluate DBS sample quality before sending for testing. Delayed feedback (up to 4 weeks) from NMRL extended EID delay for 14 (93.3%) of the facilities. Of the 53 participants, 62% knew valid sample identification. Insufficient samples resulted in most rejections (77.9%). Lack of training (94.3%) and ineffective supervision (69.8%) were also cited. Conclusion. Sample rejections could have been averted through SOP adherence. Ineffective supervision, exacerbated by delayed communication of rejections, extended EID delay, disadvantaging potential ART beneficiaries. Following this study, enhanced quality control through perstage evaluations was recommended to enhance DBS sample quality.
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Shreve, Adam T. "Religious Films in Zimbabwean Contexts." International Journal of Public Theology 9, no. 2 (June 2, 2015): 193–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341392.
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This article presents the author’s original research of a reception study of religious films amongst Shona peoples in the Gora and Chikara villages, which are located in the Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe. The two central questions of the author’s study are: First, in what ways might pre-existing Shona images of Jesus shape Shona responses to and interpretations of Jesus as he is portrayed in The Jesus Film (1979) and in indigenous, short, Jesus films in Zimbabwe today? Secondly, how might the viewing of these films affect these images of Jesus? This article addresses how indigenous, short Jesus films in Zimbabwe have manifested different representations of Jesus from the pervasive European image of Jesus that is perpetuated by The Jesus Film. This research is particularly relevant to current trends in media and technology, as the indigenous, short Jesus films are being distributed via mobile phones in Zimbabwe.
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Ndhlovu, Julius, Lwazi Sibanda, and Joyce Mathwasa. "Influential Factors to Financial Management in Chegutu District Secondary Schools of Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe." Randwick International of Education and Linguistics Science Journal 1, no. 3 (December 20, 2020): 330–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.47175/rielsj.v1i3.141.
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The study explored factors that influence financial management in Chegutu District Secondary Schools of Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe. The study was stimulated by the serious financial challenges in secondary schools as characterised by failure to follow laid down procedures, disagreements, inadequate training and lack of knowledge by both school heads and SDC members in managing finances. The interpretive paradigm and qualitative approach guided the study. A case study design was adopted and purposively sampled participants constituted five school heads, five School Development Committee chairpersons, five School Development Committee treasurers and five school bursars. Thematically analysed data was collected through semi-structured interviews and document analysis. The findings revealed that manuals and policy circulars influence the way schools formulate their budgets as they give clear steps that should be followed. It also emerged from the study that the school finance committee is responsible for drawing the school budget after consultation with other stakeholders. It was found that training of school heads, School Development Committee members and bursars influence financial management to a larger extent and there is a very strong relationship between financial management training and effectiveness of financial management in secondary schools. The study concluded that good working relationship among stakeholders and lack of knowledge by both school heads and School Development Committee members in managing school finances greatly influence the way they execute their duty of managing school finances. The study recommends further research that explores strategies that can be established for improving the way schools manage finances.
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Blessing, Ropafadzo Chigunhah, and Svotwa Ezekia. "Bank credit access trends among farmers in Hurungwe District of Mashonaland West Province in Zimbabwe." Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 12, no. 3 (July 31, 2020): 122–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/jdae2020.1160.
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Lizias, Kadziya, and Katanha Anyway. "Teachers’ Perceptions on Clinical Supevision by Primary School Heads of Makonde District, Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe." Greener Journal of Educational Research 4, no. 1 (March 20, 2014): 023–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.15580/gjer.2014.1.020414092.
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Maharajh, Lokesh Ramnath, and Lucia Tsitsi Musikewa. "“Skill, drill, and kill”." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 9, no. 2 (February 1, 2021): 371–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss2.2899.
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This paper reports on teachers’ summative assessment experiences at grade seven level in selected primary schools in Chegutu District, Mashonaland West Province in Zimbabwe. The study's purpose was to determine the effect and impact the final, standardised, and high-stakes assessment have on teaching and learning at grade seven level in these primary schools. Using a qualitative research design, we generated data from eight teachers who were purposefully selected from four of the different primary schools found in Zimbabwe (rural, farm, urban, and boarding). Semi-structured interviews, documents, and records analysis were employed as data generation to allow for rich and detailed information from all available sources for this research. This paper presents and discusses the data about teachers’ summative evaluation experiences at grade seven in the Zimbabwean education system. The findings reveal a severe effect and impact of end-of-year grade seven examinations on teachers, instructional practices, the curriculum, the learners, and the education system. It also shows that teachers depend excessively on drilling and repetitious revision practices to meet the standards required and expected by stakeholders. The findings further reveal contradicting responses from teachers on enhancing learners’ performance from drilling and coaching. There emerged from the findings a consensus among teachers on merging formative, continuous, and summative assessment forms. This paper suggests a more balanced and holistic assessment structure at grade seven level that caters to learners' diverse populations and environments in Zimbabwe.
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Mishi, Syden. "Remittances and Sustainability of Family Livelihoods: Evidence from Zimbabwe." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 6, no. 12 (December 30, 2014): 958–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v6i12.553.
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Most developing countries are riddled with socio-economic woes that pose a challenge to livelihoods. These challenges negatively affect income levels of individuals and households, limiting their access to economic opportunities. Households often strategise to sustain their livelihoods, and one of such option is migration of a member, domestically or internationally. Migration can be individual or household strategy for survival therefore remittances have a role to play in adjusting the household income. Making use of ordinary least squares estimation techniques, this article examines how families use migration as a survival technique based on survey data from small mining town of Chegutu located in Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe. We found out that remittances go a long way in providing income for basic services like municipal services, food, medical expenses. Furthermore, remittances also tend to influence behavioural change among households- making them consume more status oriented goods and services. The findings have implications to how policy makers view migration and development- migration should not be viewed negatively as in the past since it can help meet developmental needs of the receiving community through sustainability of family livelihoods. Policy should rather necessitate frictionless flow of these funds by reducing costs and unnecessary regulatory requirements.
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OCHANDA, H., A. S. YOUNG, G. F. MEDLEY, and B. D. PERRY. "Vector competence of 7 rhipicephalid tick stocks in transmitting 2 Theileria parva parasite stocks from Kenya and Zimbabwe." Parasitology 116, no. 6 (June 1998): 539–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182098002613.
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The competence of 7 different stocks of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and R. zambeziensis to transmit 2 different stocks of Theileria parva was compared by feeding nymphae of each tick stock simultaneously on infected cattle and assessing the infections in the salivary glands of the resultant adult ticks. There were significant differences in the patterns of infection of the 2 stocks (T. parva Muguga and T. parva Boleni) in the different stocks of ticks, and these differences were shown to be reproducible. The Muguga tick stock from Kenya and the Zambia tick stock from Eastern Province had the highest infections of T. parva Muguga and T. parva Boleni respectively. The Zambia Southern Province tick stock and the Zimbabwe Mashonaland West tick stock had the lowest infections of T. parva Muguga and T. parva Boleni respectively. The difference in mean abundance of infection between the most and least efficient vector for T. parva Muguga was 63·3 while that for T. parva Boleni was 54·4 infected acini. The implications of these results for laboratory transmission of T. parva and for the epidemiology of theileriosis are discussed.
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Gomo, C., K. Kanonhuwa, F. Godobo, O. Tada, and S. M. Makuza. "Temporal and spatial distribution of lumpy skin disease (LSD) outbreaks in Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe from 2000 to 2013." Tropical Animal Health and Production 49, no. 3 (February 4, 2017): 509–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11250-017-1222-y.
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Muchesa, Evans. "Sustainable extension support to land reform beneficiaries in Zimbabwe (Mashonaland West)." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40368.
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The objectives of this study were to identify the extension needs of land reform
beneficiaries (A1 and A2 farmers) for sustainable land reform, by describing and
analyzing the current extension corporation and activities in newly resettled areas.
The study was carried out in three districts, namely Kadoma, Chegutu and Zvimba ,
situated in Mashonaland West province of Zimbabwe. The target population samples
for the study comprised of A1 and A2 farmers (N=690) and the extension personnel
in the three districts (N=68).
The study revealed that there is a distinct difference between A1 and A2 farmers
regarding their socio-economic status, education level, farm size, land tenure status,
and governance structure. 58.0% of A1 farmers farm on farm sizes that vary
between 0.5 – 50ha, while 76.3% of A2 farmers received farm sizes between 51 -
200ha. A1 farmers mainly have obtained only primary level education, while 57.3%
of A2 farmers obtained post matric education. In general the A1 farmer households
are bigger with 16.2% of the households bigger than 10 members compared to A2
farmers where 31% of the households are smaller than three household members.
A1 farmers use permits as tenure instruments which allows them to farm and
communally share grazing areas and water sources. A2 farmers use offer letters and
99-year lease which allows them to exclusively use resources on their farms. The
tenure instruments that apply to A1 farmers have limitations as farmers cannot use
them to borrow operational capital since the land is considered state land. In general
A1 farmers are less satisfied than A2 farmers with the current land reform program
implemented by the government.
According to farmers (A1 and A2) the major constraints preventing them to farm
optimally are: frequent droughts, inadequate financial credit, poor availability of
production inputs, poor extension services, poor farming knowledge and no farming
equipment. Farmers perceived the following stumbling blocks in order of priority to
the current land reform program: inadequate credit facilities, unstable political
situation, corruption and inefficient extension services.
48.0% of extension officers in the three districts (Chegutu, Kadoma, Zvimba) are
between the age of 18-30 years, 64.2% of the extension officers have obtained only
a certificate in agriculture, which is causing problems in the role they play as
technical advisors to farmers. 86.6% of the extension officers have never attended
in-service training to attend to their skills development. The average ratio of
extension officer to farmer is 1:250-300, which is internationally acceptable for
efficient extension delivery. T&V and FSRE extension approaches are the popular approaches extension staff
use, although they are in general not satisfied with these extension approaches
being used, due to the little financial support government provides to execute these
approaches. There is also very little monitoring of application of the various
extension approaches by the department, and there is a lack of commitment on the
part of the government. 72.0% extension officers indicated that they have at least
weekly contact with farmers, mainly through group meetings. Extension officers
perceived their technical as well as extension knowledge to be adequate for efficient
extension delivery.
The major constraints being faced by extension officers in the three districts are:
lack of operational budgets, lack of production inputs for farmers, lack of commitment on the part of the farmers and government, low level of farmers'
knowledge about farming practices and climate change. Extension officers perceived
the following stumbling blocks in priority order to the current land reform program:
corruption, lack of planning, lack of coordination among stakeholder and political
interference.
A negotiated transition for a land reform program is highly recommended. Proper
selection of the land reform beneficiaries and human capital development is a critical
component of a sustainable extension system. There is a need of greater
participation of private role players in providing of inputs. For this to happen
government should allow a free market system.
A gradual transformation of extension to self finance system is needed. A levy can
be imposed on A2 farmers who are in a stronger economic position, so as to finance
some of the operations of extension.
Due to difference in socio-economic status between A1 and A2 farmers, a tailor
made extension support system needs to be implemented, taking into consideration
these differences. There is a need for programmed extension with expected and
measurable outputs, which offers options and problem solving strategies, facilitate decision-making and technology adaptation, and a need of attracting more private
players in the agricultural extension arena. Also there is a need to employ more
female extension officers, so as to improve participation of female farmers and offer
in-service training for extension officers is much needed.Dissertation (MSc Agric)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Arisunta, Caroline. "Women, land rights and HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe: the case of Zvimba communal area in Mashonaland West Province." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/233.
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This study explores women’s access to land under the customary tenure system. It examines how the changes in land tenure, access and rights to land as a consequence of HIV/AIDS are affecting agricultural productivity, food security and poverty, with a specific focus on women who have lost their husbands to HIV/AIDS in Zvimba. Zvimba is a village community located in Zvimba District in the Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe. The study also discusses policy responses designed to cushion the impact of HIV/AIDS on local communities especially women living with HIV/AIDS. The study highlights the vulnerability of widows to land rights violations, mainly inflicted by relatives but sometimes by the wider community. The main form of abuse encountered included the use of abusive language, threats of evictions and at times, beatings. The legal route for seeking redress was rarely used. Fear of witchcraft, low educational levels and fear of causing conflict between children and their paternal relatives also led widows to abandon the fight for their rights. The study further reveals that widows are heavily exposed to dispossession of their land rights. HIV/AIDS has increased the vulnerability of widows and other women to threats and dispossession of their land and other property rights. Dispossession of arable fields was observed in the four wards. The dispossessions and threats to livelihoods were directly related to the HIV positive status of the widows. The findings from this study illustrate the predominant role that male members of the household or family have over land. Thus, culture and traditional practices still affect women in other cases, disadvantaging them in favour of men, as in inheritance of land and property in the household.
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Mkodzongi, Grasian. "Fast tracking land reform and rural livelihoods in Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe : opportunities and constraints, 2000-2013." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9717.
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The implementation of Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Program (FTLRP) in 2000 generated polarised debates across academia and in the media. Some commentators dismissed the FTLRP as a politically motivated ‘land grab’, which ruined a vibrant agrarian structure and contributed to food shortages. Landless peasants, who were the major beneficiaries of the land reform, were dismissed as inefficient and lacking the skills to work the land productively. However, empirical data gathered across Zimbabwe indicate that the outcomes of Zimbabwe’s FTLRP are diverse and require a nuanced analysis. This thesis explores the outcomes of land reform in terms of its impact on the livelihoods of peasant households who were resettled under the FTLRP. The thesis utilises empirical data to argue that, despite its shortcomings, the FTLRP has allowed peasant households to access land and other natural resources which were previously enclosed under a dualistic land tenure structure which had persisted after Zimbabwe’s independence from colonial rule in 1980. Data gathered in Mhondoro Ngezi District indicate that in the aftermath of land reform, resettled farmers now have access to better quality land and opportunities for employment at mines and through gold panning which have generally enhanced livelihoods. The thesis also argues that the benefits of land reform are broad and go beyond the utility of land as a means of production. Fast track land reform allowed people to recover ancestral lands lost during colonial era forced removals; it also allowed people to be reunited with ancestral graves and other symbols of spiritual significance. Overall, this has helped to address the diverse aspects of land which had remained largely unresolved due to the failure of Zimbabwe’s market driven land reforms of the early 1980s. The thesis is based on a case study of 185 households who were allocated land under the A1 Scheme (villagised model) in the Mhondoro Ngezi District in Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe.
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Munyanyi, Fadzai Noleen. "Backyard Poultry Farming as a Survival Strategy for Women in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Norton Town in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe." University of Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6090.
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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA (DVS) [Early in this millennium, Zimbabwe faced economic collapses which led to a decline of formal sector employment and an increase in urban agriculture. Urban agriculture provides income and a food supply to poor, middle and higher income households. Studies throughout the world have shown that women predominate, providing the most labour and management inputs for urban agriculture. As a result, they can earn income, improve household diets, perform household duties and have increased control over decision-making within the household. One of the urban agricultural activities which has played an important role in the livelihoods of women and their households in urban areas, is backyard poultry farming. With backyard poultry farming the women can obtain income and food produce from this activity which helps them take care of themselves as well as their families in the harsh economy of Zimbabwe.
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Musemwa, Lovemore. "Economics of land reform models used in Mashonaland Central Province of Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/435.
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The land reform that has unfolded in Zimbabwe since 1980 used different models and had diverse consequences. Since the implementation of the fast tract land reform programme in 2000, Zimbabwe experienced heavy reduction in yield and output at farm level that led to a 70% shortfall in production to meet annual food requirements (Richardson, 2005). The economic crisis in Zimbabwe has been characterized by worsening food insecurity especially in the rural areas where harvests continue to be poor. In the beef sector, Zimbabwe has failed to meet its export quota to the EU. The shortfall in production to meet annual food requirements shows a very grim situation but do not tell us about the performance of resettled farmers who now occupy much of the productive land. The broad objective of the study was to determine and compare the production efficiency of resettled farmers in Zimbabwe across land reform models. In addition, the study determined land use intensity. The study was conducted in the Mashonaland Central Province of Zimbabwe mainly because a wide variety of field crops were grown by resettled farmers. The respondents were stratified into three groups. These were: beneficiaries of land reform before 2000 (resettle scheme), fast track A1 model and fast track A2 model. The three models differ on how they were implemented and supported and this might result in different efficiencies of the models. A total of 245 copies structured questionnaire were administered on the resettled farmers from June to September 2010. Descriptive statistics was applied to the basic characteristics of the sampled households. The effect of model of land reform, gender of the household head, marital status, age of the household head, education, household size, religion, dependence ratio, whether the farmer was fulltime or part-time in farming, experience of the farmers in farming at that environment, total land size owned by the farmers and soil type on revenue per hectare and land use rate were determined using the GLM procedure of SAS (2003). Significance differences between least-square group means were compared using the PDIFF test of SAS (2003). The relationship between Revenue and land utilization was examined using the Pearson‟s correlations analysis. Dependance between response variables that had an effect on either revenue per hectare or land utilization with all the other response variables was tested using the Chi-square test for dependance. To find the effect of arable land used and herd size on revenue per hectare and land use the RSREG Procedure of SAS (2003) was used. Input oriented DEA model under the assumption of constant return to scale was used to estimate efficiency in this study. To identify factors that influence efficiency, a Tobit model censored at zero was selected. The mean land use rate varied significantly (p<0.05) with the land reform model with A2 having highest land use rate of 67%. The A1 and old resettlement households had land use rates of 53% and 46%, respectively. Sex, marital status, age of the household head, education and household size significantly affected land use (P<0.05). Revenue per hectare was not affected by any the factors that were inputted in the model. Results from the DEA approach showed that A2 farmers (large land owners) had an average technical efficiency score of 0.839, while the lowest ranking model (A1) had an average score of 0.618. Small land holders (A1 and the old resettled farmers) are on average less cost-efficient than large land owners, with a score of 0.29 for the former compared with 0.45 for the latter. From the factors that were entered in the Tobit model, age of household head, excellent production knowledge and farmer status affected technical efficiency whereas allocative efficiency was only affected by good production knowledge, farm size, arable land owned and area under cultivation. Factors which affected economic efficiency of the resettled farmers are secondary education, household size, farm size, cultivated area and arable land owned. None of the included socio-economic variables has significant effects on the allocative and economic efficiency of the resettled farmers. Thus, the allocative and economic inefficiencies of the farmers might be accounted for by other natural and environmental factors which were not captured in the model.
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Taruvinga, Amon. "Economics of wetland cultivation in Zimbabwe: case study of Mashonaland East Province." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1001002.
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Wetlands are stocks of natural resources limited in supply, in the middle of unlimited human wants with multiple uses to society, presenting an economic problem in as far as their rational and sustainable use is concerned. To that end, conflicting recommendations have been forwarded regarding wetland cultivation as a possible land use across the globe and from within the same regions. On one extreme, wetland cultivation has been linked to degradation of wetlands with pure wetland conservation as the prescribed viable and sustainable land use option to society. Closer to reality, partial wetland conversion to crop land has been found compatible with wetland bio-diversity; implying that partial wetland cultivation is the prescribed wetland use option viable and sustainable to societies, a dictum mainly claimed by rural communities. With that conflicting background and based on the “Safe Minimum Standard” approach, a ban on wetland cultivation was maintained in several early environmental policies in Zimbabwe as a basis for legislative protection of wetlands, a position that is still legally binding in current statutes. Contrary to that, rural communities have responded by invading wetlands as a coping strategy in pursuit of the claimed values of wetland cultivation, further conflicting with standing policies. This scenario has managed to “lock” and is currently locking the claimed 1,28 million hectares of wetlands in Zimbabwe in a “legal-operational impasse”, at a cost to the entire nation since no meaningful investment is possible in wetlands when there is a legal conflict.
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Chisango, Future T. "Agricultural mechanization for sustainable agriculture and food security in Zimbabwe: a case of Bindura District in Mashonaland Central Province." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/348.
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A cardinal development goal of the Zimbabwean government is agricultural mechanization through the acquisition and use of tractors by arable crop farmers in communal and resettlement state land. This research project therefore aimed at investigating the impact of mechanization on agricultural productivity focusing on farmers in Bindura district of Zimbabwe who benefitted under the ongoing farm mechanization program. The existing land policy and the issue of technical efficiency in agricultural productivity are assumed to be the drivers of the program. It is likely that these key issues will constitute an important consideration in determining the sustainability of the mechanization policy. A multistage sampling technique was used to randomly select 90 farmers in the study area. The Cobb Douglas approach and Logistic regression were used to analyze data obtained from the respondents. Results revealed that tractor use was positively influenced by household size, access to extension services and crop output equivalent. Education, land area cultivated, stoniness negatively influenced the probability of adoption of mechanized farming. Furthermore, the technical efficiency estimate of adopter and nonadopters of mechanized farming showed no difference in their level of technical efficiency in agricultural productivity that was 64 percent on average. The level of observed inefficiency was increased by slope, stoniness and household size while age reduced technical inefficiency. It is recommended that government should consolidate the present gains arising from extension services. Also, environmental factors such as slope (topography) and stoniness, which constituted major disincentives in communal areas, could be overcome if government and farmers can identify and open up new areas of farmland for occupation by farmers.
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Mandoga, Edward. "Implementation of gender policies to promote gender parity in leadership in academia : a case study of two universities in Bindura Urban Mashonaland Central Province Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/5260.
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The study is premised on the assumptions that the under-representation of women in leadership in academia is aggravated by weak implementation of gender policies. In light of this, the aim of the current study was to assess the nature and extent of the implementation of gender policy frameworks as a way of engendering gender parity in leadership in academia. The study was informed by the socialist-feminist theory and John Rawls’ and David Millers’ theory of social justice. The theories were chosen on the basis of their socialist-scientific approach to gender issues and also because of their resonance with the situation in Zimbabwe’s tertiary institutions. The theories were analysed within the context of Agenda 2063. The relevance of the agenda’s vision for this study is its recognition of gender equality, particularly in leadership in academia, as a critical cog for Africa’s development agenda. The researcher opted to use the qualitative approach which is embedded within the interpretivist research paradigm. The interpretivist approach makes use of qualitative methods of data collection, presentation and analysis. Data were generated from a sample of twenty four lecturers, two vice-chancellors, two pro-vice-chancellors and two registrars from two universities, a private church-run institution and a state university, mainly through interviews. Data were also generated through focus group discussions and document analysis. Data from documents were used to buttress data from the interviews and focus group discussions. The findings of this study showed that the male-management norm dominated in almost every strategic section of the structures of the two institutions. This was attributable to weak implementation of gender policies. The failure of the gender policies to bring a visible change to the institutional landscape in terms of gender equality was a result of an interplay of personal, cultural and organisational factors. Some of the factors that thwarted women’s career progression to leadership positions included, lack of inspiration from role models, lack of support from colleagues, lack of training in leadership, and the Zimbabwe Council of Higher Education’s (ZIMCHE) indiscriminate policy on recruitment of staff members. All the factors however, were encapsulated within the patriarchal stereotypical conception of a women as fit for domesticity. Within the same conception, men were considered to be imbued with the clout and traits consistent with leadership demands. Studies carried out elsewhere in Zimbabwe and outside the boarders of Zimbabwe have yielded similar results. This explains the continuing and relentless nature of gender inequality in academic institutions. In order to increase the participation of women in leadership positions, the study recommends the following: establishment of a monitoring and evaluation exercise designed to audit the effectiveness of the gender policies; establishment of a review of the university programmes with the aim of establishing or intensifying training programmes in academic leadership and management; establishment of a scholarship and research fund to encourage women to undertake higher degrees studies, and the intense application of affirmative action policies and gender mainstreaming in the universities.
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Welch, Pamela. "Church and settler in colonial Zimbabwe : a study in the history of the anglican diocese of Mashonaland/Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1925 /." Leiden : Brill, 2008. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41352475n.
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Sibindi, Angels. "An analysis of the impact of contract farming on smallholding farming as a mechanism for value chain efficiency enhancement : the case of Mashonaland central province (Zimbabwe) smallholder tobacco farmers." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95661.
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Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research study has examined the impact of contract farming on enhancing efficiencies with the agricultural value chain for smallholder tobacco farmers in Mashonaland Central Province in Zimbabwe. The major challenges facing smallholder farmers in Africa in general and Zimbabwe in particular relate to financial constraints, technical expertise and market access. Contract farming as a transactions-cost-focussed-model is considered more effectively responsive to those challenges than the pure market approach which insufficiently addresses the impact of information asymmetries, bounded rationality, uncertainty, governance challenges and infrastructure challenges, among others. It allows for closely monitored smallholder financing by agribusiness entities which reduces or eliminates the probability of loan default. Contract farming is seen as an important mechanism in transforming the fragmented, subsistence agriculture in rural Africa into high commercialised and viable business undertakings. In this study, extensive reference is made to literature on agriculture financing; empirical research data on smallholder productivity and loan recoverability is drawn and analysed using the quantitative research methodology. The analysis sought to test for relationships among a set of variables and in the process examined the impact of contract farming. A comparative analysis of national data on the contract and auction system of tobacco marketing was done with emphasis on production and sales volumes, crop quality, price stability and market access. The results from the quantitative analysis of farmer-level and country-level data indicated a strong correlation between smallholder farmer production, productivity and loan recoverability and contract farming value chain intervention mechanisms.
Books on the topic "Mashonaland West Province (Zimbabwe)"
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Chipika, Jesimen. Poverty, food insecurity and the child malnutrition problem in rural Zimbabwe: The case of Mashonaland West Province. [Milton Keynes, U.K.]: Development Policy and Practice Research Group, Faculty of Technology, Open University, 1994.
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Church and settler in colonial Zimbabwe: A study in the history of the Anglican Diocese of Mashonaland/Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1925. Leiden: Brill, 2008.
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W, Acuda S., International Labour Organisation, and United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control., eds. Establishment of a community-based rehabilitation service for drug-dependent persons, phase II, AD/ZIM/90/538: Epidemiological study on substance use among secondary school students in Mashonaland East and Harare Provinces, Zimbabwe : a pilot study. Harare: International Labour Organisation, 1991.
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Emmah, Gweshe, Mawanza Simeon, Matsheza Philliat, and Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa., eds. Coping with orphans and children in difficult circumstances at community level: The cace of Ward II of Murewa District, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe. Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe: Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa, 2002.
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R, Milne Grant, Marongwe D. A, Chidawanyika H, and Zimbabwe. Ministry of Environment and Tourism., eds. Small scale gold panning in Zimbabwe: Economic costs and benefits and policy recommendations : results of a pilot study in Mashonaland Central Province for 1993. Causeway, Harare: Ministry of Environment and Tourism, 1995.
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Mujeyi, Angeline, and Maxwell Mudhara. "Economic Analysis of Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies in Maize Production in Smallholder Farming Systems." In African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation, 225–40. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6_17.
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AbstractSmallholder farmers who grow the staple maize crop rely mainly on rain-fed agricultural production, and yields are estimated to have decreased by over 50% largely due to climate change. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies, as adaptive strategies, are thus increasingly being promoted to overcome problems of declining agricultural productivity and reduced technical efficiency. This study analyzed profitability and profit efficiency in maize (Zea mays) production as a result of CSA technology adoption using cost-benefit analysis and stochastic profit frontier model. The study used data from a cross-sectional household survey of 386 households drawn from 4 districts in Mashonaland East province located in the northeastern part of Zimbabwe. Results from the cost-benefit analysis reveal that maize performs best under CSA technologies. The profit inefficiency model shows that extension contact, number of local traders, and adoption of CSA had significant negative coefficients indicating that as these variables increase, profit efficiency among maize-growing farmers increases. This implies that profit inefficiency in maize production can be reduced significantly with improvement in extension contact, access to farm gate/local markets, and adoption of CSA. The findings call for development practitioners to incorporate market linkages that bring buyers closer to the farmers, support for extension to be able to have frequent contacts with farmers, and promotion of CSA adoption.
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Mugwisi, Tinashe. "Applying Indigenous Knowledge in Agricultural Extension in Zimbabwe." In Environmental and Agricultural Informatics, 1106–26. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch049.
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Indigenous knowledge (IK) has been viewed as local knowledge that has been developed and accumulated, over time, by a community and has been passed down over generations. Such knowledge is represented in most spheres of human activity, such as in agriculture, traditional and alternative medicine, human and animal health, forestry and botany, among others. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss how IK is accessed and used by agricultural extension workers in Zimbabwe. The study reviews the relevant literature and focuses largely on Indigenous Agricultural Knowledge (IAK). The study utilises both quantitative and qualitative methods; a questionnaire was distributed and extension workers drawn from eight provinces of Zimbabwe. Mashonaland Central Province produced the highest number of respondents because the population for the province included ward and village extension workers in addition to the district and provincial extension officers and supervisors targeted in each province. From the projected sixty (60), forty four (44) districts participated. The study observed that indigenous knowledge is relevant in modern day agriculture and should be given sufficient attention in extension work. The study recommends that IK be documented and integrated into research, education and training for posterity.
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Mugwisi, Tinashe. "Applying Indigenous Knowledge in Agricultural Extension in Zimbabwe." In Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries, 303–23. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0838-0.ch016.
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Indigenous knowledge (IK) has been viewed as local knowledge that has been developed and accumulated, over time, by a community and has been passed down over generations. Such knowledge is represented in most spheres of human activity, such as in agriculture, traditional and alternative medicine, human and animal health, forestry and botany, among others. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss how IK is accessed and used by agricultural extension workers in Zimbabwe. The study reviews the relevant literature and focuses largely on Indigenous Agricultural Knowledge (IAK). The study utilises both quantitative and qualitative methods; a questionnaire was distributed and extension workers drawn from eight provinces of Zimbabwe. Mashonaland Central Province produced the highest number of respondents because the population for the province included ward and village extension workers in addition to the district and provincial extension officers and supervisors targeted in each province. From the projected sixty (60), forty four (44) districts participated. The study observed that indigenous knowledge is relevant in modern day agriculture and should be given sufficient attention in extension work. The study recommends that IK be documented and integrated into research, education and training for posterity.
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McAllister, Georgina. "Restoring Degraded Ecosystems by Unlocking Organic Market Potential: Case Study from Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe." In Land Restoration, 349–59. Elsevier, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-801231-4.00026-4.
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Chiuswa, Leslie, and Alex Sibanda. "The Use of a WhatsApp Record for Communication With Students." In Advances in Library and Information Science, 310–25. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7740-0.ch020.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of WhatsApp usage in disseminating information to students at the Management, Zimbabwe Open University's Mashonaland West Regional Campus. This study employed a mixed methodology wherein both the qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. Data was collected using questionnaires and interviews. The questionnaires were distributed to students through WhatsApp groups for all faculties. A total of 255 questionnaires were distributed to students through the existing WhatsApp groups. Of the distributed questionnaires, 128 were returned, and of these, 69 were usable for data analysis. The study revealed that the majority of students utilize WhatsApp for communication with the university. The other finding was that WhatsApp communication was characterized by data bundle costs and internet connectivity challenges. The study recommended that there be a WhatsApp policy and widening of the use for teaching and learning.
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Kasowe, Rittah. "Psychological Factors Influencing Academic Achievement among Secondary School Students in Shamva District of Mashonaland Central Province in Zimbabwe: A Recent Study." In Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 7, 21–26. Book Publisher International (a part of SCIENCEDOMAIN International), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mplle/v7/7339d.
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Kasowe, Rittah. "An Analysis of Factors Affecting use of Computer Technology in Rural Secondary Schools by ODL Students Who are Secondary School Teachers in Mbire District of Mashonaland Central Province of Zimbabwe." In Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 7, 15–20. Book Publisher International (a part of SCIENCEDOMAIN International), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mplle/v7/7338d.
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Schneider, Marius, and Vanessa Ferguson. "South Africa." In Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Africa. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837336.003.0049.
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The Republic of South Africa, known as South Africa, occupies the most southern tip of Africa with a coastline stretching from the border of Namibia on the Atlantic Ocean (south-west coast) of Africa, down to the tip of Africa and then north along the south-east coast to the border of Mozambique on the Indian Ocean. South Africa is bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), and Mozambique and surrounds the small landlocked Kingdom of Lesotho in the east-central region of South Africa. The total area of South Africa is approximately 1.22 million square kilometres (km), with a population of an estimated 58.78 million (2019). The country is divided into nine provinces, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Free State, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Northwest, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo. Gauteng Province is the most densely populated province with approximately 809.6 people per square kilometre, Kwa-Zulu Natal being the second most densely populated at 120.7 people per square kilometre, with Western and Eastern Cape following substantially behind at 59.1 and 51.1 people per kilometres respectively. There are three capitals in South Africa: Pretoria in the Gauteng province (administrative), Cape Town in the Western Cape (Legislative), and Bloemfontein in the Free State (Judicial). The
Conference papers on the topic "Mashonaland West Province (Zimbabwe)"
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Hlalele, Bernard, Moddie Nyahwo, and Alice Ncube. "Investigating the socio-economic impacts of climate-induced drought risks on resettled women farmers in Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe." In 5th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ecws-5-08006.
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