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Access to land and other natural resources are key means of driving rural people out of abject poverty. Inequalities in access to land and supportive services that ensure full utilization of land are therefore hurting in rural societies. This article enumerates and explain wealth-related imbalanc...


Makate, CliftonMango, NelsonMakate, Marshall[Socioeconomic status connected imbalances in arable land size holding and utilization in smallholder farming in Zimbabwe: Implications for a sustainable rural development]Socioeconomic status connected imbalances in arable land size holding and utilization in smallholder farming in Zimbabwe: Implications for a sustainable rural development

Makate, CliftonSiziba, ShephardHanyani-Mlambo, Benjamin T.Sadomba, ZvakanyorwaMango, Nelson[The efficiency of small and medium enterprises in informal metal manufacturing in Zimbabwe: Implications for stakeholders in the agricultural sector]The efficiency of small and medium enterprises in informal metal manufacturing in Zimbabwe: Implications for stakeholders in the agricultural sector

This article is concerned with the adoption of small-scale irrigation farming as a climate-smart agriculture practice and its influence on household income in the Chinyanja Triangle. Chinyanja Triangle is a region that is increasingly experiencing mid-season dry spells and an increase in occurren...


Mango, NelsonMakate, CliftonTamene, LulsegedMponela, PowellNdengu, Gift[Adoption of Small-Scale Irrigation Farming as a Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice and Its Influence on Household Income in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa]Adoption of Small-Scale Irrigation Farming as a Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice and Its Influence on Household Income in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa

This paper demonstrates how crop diversification impacts on two outcomes of climate smart agriculture; increased productivity (legume and cereal crop productivity) and enhanced resilience (household income, food security, and nutrition) in rural Zimbabwe. Using data from over 500 smallholder farm...


Makate, CliftonWang, RongchangMakate, MarshallMango, Nelson[Crop diversification and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe: adaptive management for environmental change]Crop diversification and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe: adaptive management for environmental change

This paper explores the claim whether agro-forestry is a second soil fertility paradigm. The answer to this question, however, is not unequivocal. Farmers in Western Kenya generally do not apply fertiliser and rather rely on many soil fertility replenishment (SFR) strategies. Scientists recognise...


Mango, NelsonHebinck, Paul[Agroforestry: a second soil fertility paradigm? a case of soil fertility management in Western Kenya]Agroforestry: a second soil fertility paradigm? a case of soil fertility management in Western Kenya
Mango, NelsonMapemba, LawrenceTchale, HardwickMakate, CliftonDunjana, NothandoLundy, Mark[Comparative analysis of tomato value chain competitiveness in selected areas of Malawi and Mozambique]Comparative analysis of tomato value chain competitiveness in selected areas of Malawi and Mozambique

This article examines the determinants of soybean market participation by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe, with a view to identifying key policy entry points for increasing farmer incomes. Market linkages have been identified as key to the successful integration of grain legumes into the smallh...


Zamasiya, ByronMango, NelsonNyikahadzoi, KefasiSiziba, Shephard[Determinants of soybean market participation by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe]Determinants of soybean market participation by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe
Dunjana, NNyamugafata, PNyamangara, JusticeMango, Nelson[Cattle manure and inorganic nitrogen fertilizer application effects on soil hydraulic properties and maize yield of two soils of Murewa district, Zimbabwe]Cattle manure and inorganic nitrogen fertilizer application effects on soil hydraulic properties and maize yield of two soils of Murewa district, Zimbabwe

SMEs are a fundamental part of the economic fabric in developing countries and they play a crucial role in furthering growth, innovation and prosperity. In Zimbabwe, the SME sector has been reckoned by smallholders; farmers, miners etc. as it supplies intermediate technologies to resource-poor sm...


Makate, CliftonSiziba, ShephardHanyani-Mlambo, Benjamin T.Sadomba, ZSadomba, ZMango, NelsonMakate, M[Technical efficiency performance of metal fabricating small to medium enterprises (Smes) in Zimbabwe: implications for agricultural development]Technical efficiency performance of metal fabricating small to medium enterprises (Smes) in Zimbabwe: implications for agricultural development

BACKGROUND In southern Africa, conservation agriculture (CA) has received a lot of research and promotional support from various organizations in the past decades. Conservation agriculture is largely promoted as one of the few win–win technologies affordable to farmers, in the sense that potentia...


Mango, NelsonSiziba, ShephardMakate, Clifton[The impact of adoption of conservation agriculture on smallholder farmers’ food security in semi-arid zones of southern Africa]The impact of adoption of conservation agriculture on smallholder farmers’ food security in semi-arid zones of southern Africa

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