The Rhodesian state's first coherent agricultural policy, in the decade before World War I, was to eliminate the commercial production of Africans and encourage that of settlers. Industrialisation after 1940 produced an ambivalent government policy; protection of settler farmers was costly to the growi...
The paper recommends that processing plants be installed in the district and rural industrialisation be intensified to enable other sources of income, besides agricultural activities.Musasa, Tapiwa
Lesley MachekaCentre for Innovation and Industrialisation, Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, P. O Box 35, Marondera, ZimbabweFaith A. ManditseraDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology, P. Bag 7244, Chinhoyi, ZimbabweRuth T. Ngadze...
rural-urban linkages; assessment; small and medium-sized cities; territorial development; Zimbabwe 1. Introduction The demo-economic transition in Sub-Saharan African countries, concomitant with globalisation, is unique. It is characterised by limited industrialisation and unprecedented population growth [1...