ABSTRACT Climate change is a topical issue which has captured many researchers attention recently. The research was carried out in the Guruve Rural District Council in Mashonaland province. The researcher wanted to know and fully understand how climate change has affected farmers in this area. The researcher used the qualitative research method were she made use of questionnaire and interviews from the findings, the researcher found out that climate change has brought about many effects on ru...
ABSTRACT Financial derivatives are used for hedging and transferring of risks in the financial system, government planning and regulatory systems. Derivatives have been used as a tool to identify risks and develop strategies to address the risks in Agriculture. The study’s main aim is to investigate the applicability of weather derivatives on tobacco farming in Zimbabwe and examines its role in production. Thus by studying the issue within the context of Zimbabwe weather patterns and their ...
ABSTRACT The study examined the impact of irrigation farming in transforming rural livelihoods. The research’s case study was Nyamaropa Irrigation Scheme located in Ward 12 of Nyanga District, south east of the district. Qualitative methodology was used during the study, and two types of data gathering instruments that are questionnaires and interviews, were used to obtain a sample of one hundred irrigators, forty-nine non-irrigators and one AGRITEX officer. A total of one hundred questionn...
ABSTRACT The researcher focused on the effects of contract farming practice on production output in cotton industry. The cotton companies of Zimbabwe has experience a decline in production output. The study also gives the challenges faced by the companies in cotton sector and this was done by focusing on the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco). The researcher attempt to answer objectives like the effects of contract farming on production output on production output as well as challenges affec...
Abstract This study was carried in wake of the challenges bedevilling the once lucrative contract farming business where a number of contract farming funders withdrew their arrangements citing side marketing, failure to repay loans while farmers complain about prices offered by funders which are too low for sustainability. It is to be established if the increase in the level of tobacco production is commensurate with beneficiation of both contracting parties. The purpose of this is to assess ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine how the practice of conservation farming is impacting on household food security in Gwanda District. In particular, it examines four pillars of food security which are: food availability, accessibility, utilization and stability. Particular attention was given to also examine the extent of conservation farming on food security. A sample of 20 farmers under conservation farming was selected to as respondents. The major objective of the study was...
ABSTRACT The study focused on evaluating the impact of Microfinance Institutions as a form of rural finance on Smallholder Farming in Mt Darwin district. It explored the different types of Microfinance Institutions present in Mt Darwin and the different services offered, whether the program made any significant impact to Smallholder farming and challenges faced in rolling out such programs. There has been a notion in the development discourse especially by Financial Institutions that it is di...
Abstract The study entitled ‘ An investigation into the suitability of guano fertilizer on farming in Gokwe North District- Chireya Ward 5 in Midlands Province in Zimbabwe’, was carried out to find out the solution to the problems caused by chemical fertilizers like health hazards, pollutions on water, air, soil only to mention but a few. The study employed an explanatory research design and a qualitative research paradigm. Farmers, agricultural officers, agricultural teachers, local auth...
ABSTRACT Vegetation Condition Index (VCI), a function of Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) forms a very critical model for climate modelling, detecting crop yield productivity and yield prediction. It approximates the weather (rainfall) component in NDVI value and allows quantifying the impact of weather (rainfall) on maize crop. The thrust of this research study was to detect land suitability potential for maize crop based on VCI-drydekads in Mberengwa District, Ward 36 in view o...
Abstract Goat production has been argued to offer an alternative and potentially lucrative livelihood option to poor subsistent farmers in Southern Africa. Many small-scale farming families raise indigenous goats which are considered to be the poor-man’s cattle due to their relative importance to the asset base of poor farming households. The practical implementation of poverty alleviation and reduction interventions at community level however often falls short of expectations and this stud...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the contribution of sunflower farming to the well-being of small scale farmers in Dalai and Mondo wards, Chamba district, Dodoma region, Tanzania. Specifically, the study identified the sunflower farming activities adopted by farmers, examined the challenges faced by small scale farmers in the sunflower production and examined how sunflower production contributes to smallholder farmers’ wellbeing (that is food security, ability of farmers to access health s...
ABSTRACT This study attempted to assess socio-economic factors influencing adoption of improved technologies for maize farming in Karatu District. Specifically the study identified the types of maize production technologies used in Karatu District; analyzed socio-economic characteristics of maize farmers in Karatu District and identified socio-economic factors for adoption of maize production technologies in Karatu District. The study employed both probability and non-probability sampling m...
ABSTRACT Using field data as well as secondary information, this study aimed at reviewing the operational mechanism of the existing formal and informal credit arrangements in Kongwa district in Dodoma region with the view to assess the performance in serving micro-enterprise sector with particular reference to crop farmers. The study aimed to examine the contribution of commercial banks and retail banks credits to crop farming productivity in Kongwa district. The study used cross-sectional s...
ABSTRACT Honey bee farming has been one of the earliest cultural and economic activity practiced by human being, dating back 15000 years ago in north of Africa in the times of the pharaohs. Honey is one of the most important natural products in the world which is produced by bees. However for decades honey bee farming monitoring in developing countries like Tanzania have depended much on cultural and traditional method of monitoring which cost time, money, and resources. Furthermore, efficie...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the utility of climate change and variability information for rice farming in Babati district of Manyara region.The subjects in this study were 122, comprising of 97 rice farmers, 07 key informants and 18 members of FGDs. Primary data were collected through questionnaire and checklist. Multiple responses analysis, chi-square test, linear and logistic regression were used to analyze the collected data. The result showed that 95.1% of the respondent...