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, Clifton
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Mango, Nelson
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Makate, Marshall
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[Socioeconomic status connected imbalances in arable land size holding and utilization in smallholder farming in Zimbabwe: Implications for a sustainable rural development]
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Socioeconomic status connected imbalances in arable land size holding and utilization in smallholder farming in Zimbabwe: Implications for a sustainable rural development
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, Nelson
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Makate, Clifton
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Tamene, Lulseged
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Mponela, Powell
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Ndengu, Gift
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[Adoption of Small-Scale Irrigation Farming as a Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice and Its Influence on Household Income in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa]
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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, Clifton
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Wang, Rongchang
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Makate, Marshall
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Mango, Nelson
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[Crop diversification and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe: adaptive management for environmental change]
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Crop diversification and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe: adaptive management for environmental change
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, Byron
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Mango, Nelson
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Nyikahadzoi, Kefasi
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Siziba, Shephard
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[Determinants of soybean market participation by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe]
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Determinants of soybean market participation by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe
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, Nelson
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Siziba, Shephard
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Makate, Clifton
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[The impact of adoption of conservation agriculture on smallholder farmers’ food security in semi-arid zones of southern Africa]
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The impact of adoption of conservation agriculture on smallholder farmers’ food security in semi-arid zones of southern Africa
Mponela, Powell
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Tamene, Lulseged
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Ndengu, Gift
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Magreta, Ruth
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Kihara, Job
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Mango, Nelson
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[Determinants of integrated soil fertility management technologies adoption by smallholder farmers in the Chinyanja Triangle of Southern Africa]
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Determinants of integrated soil fertility management technologies adoption by smallholder farmers in the Chinyanja Triangle of Southern Africa
Nyikahadzoi, Kefasi
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Siziba, Shephard
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Mango, Nelson
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Zamasiya, Byron
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Adekunle, A.A.
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[The impact of integrated agricultural research for development on collective marketing among smallholder farmers of Southern Africa]
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The impact of integrated agricultural research for development on collective marketing among smallholder farmers of Southern Africa
Mango, Nelson
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Zamasiya, Byron
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Makate, Clifton
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Nyikahadzoi, Kefasi
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Siziba, Shephard
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[Factors influencing household food security among smallholder farmers in the Mudzi district of Zimbabwe]
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Factors influencing household food security among smallholder farmers in the Mudzi district of Zimbabwe
Mango, Nelson
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Makate, Clifton
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Hanyani-Mlambo, Benjamin T.
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Siziba, Shephard
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Lundy, Mark
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[A stochastic frontier analysis of technical efficiency in smallholder maize production in Zimbabwe: The post-fast-track land reform outlook]
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A stochastic frontier analysis of technical efficiency in smallholder maize production in Zimbabwe: The post-fast-track land reform outlook
Mango, Nelson
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Nyikahadzoi, Kefasi
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Makate, Clifton
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Dunjana, Nothando
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Siciba, Shephard
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[The impact of integrated agricultural research for development on food security among smallholder farmers of southern Africa]
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The impact of integrated agricultural research for development on food security among smallholder farmers of southern Africa