Abstract Conservation Agriculture (CA) is widely adopted in Zimbabwe, because it is well recognized as a climate adaptation measure. As a matter of fact CA improves yield by 50-100 percent as outlined by Mazvimavi. This research is primarily focusing on assessing the contribution of CA in enhancing household food security of smallholder farmers in ward 15 Zaka district. However qualitative research method is employed in this research and tools used include questionnaire, interviews and field ...
ABSTRACT Open spaces in cities like Dar es Salaam are facing problem of encroachments and conversion for residential and or commercial land uses. Many studies have been done to address the failure of the “top-down approach” by the government authorities and recommended participation and empowerment of local community around the open spaces. However, the state of awareness, perceptions and willingness of local community towards participation in conservation of open spaces (COSP) was still ...
ABSTRACT The study was based on assessing transparency in tax payment after a pressure for electronic usage of EFD machines in Tanzania. It was conducted in Dodoma Municipality. This study specifically focused on four issues which are, to assess contribution of EFD’s machines in tax payment, to assess factors affecting the use of EFD’s machines in tax payment, to assess the attitude of the tax payers on the use of EFD’s machines and to assess the implementation of the use of EFD’s...
Abstract It is proving difficult to achieve food security for both developing and developed world. The severity of this problem however is dependent on a country’s ability to cope with stress and shocks. Food aid has become a solution to most of the developing countries in trying to mitigate this challenge. Nyaminyami district is one area that has constantly remained in the top ten of Zimbabwe’s most food insecure districts. The area has been receiving food aid since the year 2000. The fo...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to assess the effects of the existence of the funding gap in service provision at National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ). The statement of the problem entails that measured service delivery at NMMZ has been greatly undermined due to the progressive reduction in government grant to support NMMZ operations. Factors such as high labour turnover, lack of maintenance of key museum equipment and infrastructure and the NMMZ current revenue collecti...
ABSTRACT The research mainly focused on investigating the influence of religion in promoting early child marriages in Masvingo. This paper employs the qualitative research method. Data was collected using interviews. The study found out that, the doctrine is the main cause of child marriages in that they follow the steps of their late elders who implement the teachings. The study found out that, the doctrine undermines the rights of women in the church and in their homestead and young girls b...
ABSTRACT Land-use and land-cover changes have an effect on the water balance as well as water yield of catchments in Zimbabwe. Most of these changes can be attributed to economic activities undertaken by communities within the catchments in an effort to improve their standards of living. The research was carried out in Insiza dam-catchment to investigate the effects of temporal land-use and land-cover changes on Insiza dam-catchment water balance. GIS and Remote sensing techniques were used i...
ABSRACT The research has been necessitated with the desire to assess employee perception towards internal conflict resolution systems at Harare International Airport in the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe. The desire to understand the influence of perceptions in organizations inspired the researcher so as to provide recommendations to the management worldwide in light of the findings. The prevailing disturbing trend between employee perceptions towards conflict resolution systems an...
Abstract The study aims to demonstrate the role of internal audit as a pillar of support for management in enterprise wide risk management . The performance of an internal audit department must function in a manner that is in accordance with applicable professional standards such as Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (SPPIA, 2009) and the quality of the internal control systems. The involvement of internal audit in risk management has gained wide attention in the ye...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of permissive, authoritarian and authoritative parenting styles as predictors of disposition towards antisocial behaviour among adolescents. One hundred and thirteen (113) students from Neuso High and ST Charles Secondary Schools in Sanyati District participated in the study. Participants were drawn from Form 1 to Form 4, both boys and girls. Data was entered using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and analysed using both descrip...
Abstract The study was about Determinants of Burnout among the Employees of Gweru City Council. Participants were 50 employees (m= 35; f= 15) who were identified and recruited through stratified random sampling. The Maslach Burnout Inventory was adopted for use in the study. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics (i.e., frequencies and percentages). Results revealed that burnout among employees of Gweru City Council emanated from work overload, interpersonal conflict, role conflict an...
ABSTRACT This research study sought to investigate the influence of the rebranding strategy on brand preference: The case of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. The research sought to fulfil objectives such as the influence of digitalisation on perceived quality, influence of change in television content on brand likeability and the influence of change in programming on repeat business. Internal rebranding definition was drawn from Juntunen et al (2009) and the elements of brand preference wer...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the impact of funding gap on performance of Simukai Child Protection Programme. It is aligned with the background that funding gap has a significant influence on the corporate performance of NGOs focusing on Simukai Child Protection Programme since it incorporates expenditures as well efficiency and effectiveness of operating activities. The study’s statement of the problem revealed that lack of funds is a cause for concern that has resulted in ...
ABSTRACT This study analyzed sawnwood value chain in Ulanga District and Morogoro Municipality. Specifically, the study mapped the actors along the chain, determined profit ateach node and examined factors influencing profitability among actors along the value chain. The sample of 66 respondents was selected for interview from four wards based on their market relationship. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected. Content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data and sub-sect...
ABSTRACT This study which was conducted in Hwange, Matabeleland North Province of Zimbabwe, sought through a descriptive design in nature to compare the age specific experiences of Gynaecomastia among men on ART of 15-35 age cohort and 36-56 age cohort in a bid to unpack their psychological experiences of Gynaecomastia. The research employed cognitive behavioural theory as the theoretical framework. The study followed a positivist paradigm which assumes a stable reality is one which can be ex...