Zimbabwean rural women make significant contribution to agriculture and are the mainstay of farm labor. Although they do the majority of agricultural work, men, for the most part, continue to own the land, control women's labor and make agricultural decisions supported by patriarchal social ...
The clearing of land for agricultural purposes, cutting down trees for firewood, fencing poles, charcoal for sale, for building, burning bushes and grasslands including land degradations in the abstraction of sands for sale and building, gravel and moulding bricks have seen agriculture and building ...
This thesis examines the livelihood outcomes of Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land ReformProgramme (FTLRP). It asks, what has happened to rural livelihoods following landredistribution; how did land occupations and redistribution unfold; who gained land inthe A1 resettlement areas; what new patterns of produ...
Agrarian and life style change in Zimbabwe: From colonization to the formation of government of national unity In a predominantly agricultural country like Zimbabwe, the problem of land reform has naturally been one of the most important subjects of political campai... L Musemwa,A Mushunje - Aca...
Reliance on biomass such as fuelwood for energy in rural areas has a strong bearing on Zimbabwe’s environment.Rural communities in Zimbabwe
“I have been particularly fascinated, for example, by the work of a remarkable man called Allan Savory, in Zimbabwe and other semiarid areas, who has argued for years against the prevailing expert view that it is the simple numbers of cattle that drive overgrazing and cause fertile land to...
up support of established private large-scale commercial farmers to mentor such youths with interest in agricultural value chain for business. Similarly, local andcommunity leaders need to support youths with long-term access to land or ownership arrangements supporting the agricultural programs for ...
The outlook for the UK economy weighed on the residential development land market in the second quarter of this year, leading to a slowdown in activity and a decline in land prices across the board, according to the latest instalment of Knight Frank'sResidential Development Land Index. ...
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In terms of the proportion of households involved, the findings suggest land-based strategies make an important contribution. Formal employment and old-age pensions distinguish wealthy households from poor and allow for investments in assets and saving schemes (62 %). In response to the risks ...