ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of income generating projects on women’s empowerment. A case of income generating projects funded by Helpline Zimbabwe in Shamva Ward 11 was used as the study area. Data collection methods included participatory observations, focus group discussions and interviews with 30 women who benefited from Helpline Zimbabwe’s income generating projects since 2010. Key informant interviews were conducted with strategic stakeholders who were ...
Abstract This study examines the dependency of rural communities on forest resources and their perceptions towards Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) in the Kavango West region of Namibia. The study also investigated the roles of communities in SFM. The study further examined the socioeconomic factors that influenced communities’ participation in SFM. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from 239 randomly selected households in January and February 2019. The data collected w...
ABSTRACT Both natural and human induced or man made disasters have negative effects on people‟s lives because they cause loss of life and livelihoods, loss and damage of property, infrastructure like roads. Given this one can note that there is need to put in place measures to reduce and prevent whenever possible these adverse impacts of disasters on communities. It is against this background that this research focuses on assessing the disaster preparedness level of the Muzarabani community...
ABSTRACT A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in Mvomero district using a randomly selected sample of 112 households participating in wetland and non-wetland activities. Three villages were purposively selected in the area whereby interviews were conducted using questionnaire and PRA tools. Specific objectives were to assess the contribution of wetland products to total household cash income, assess the contribution of wetland products to household food security and to determine ...
Abstract This section serves to introduce the reader to the study and analysis of the operational challenges faced by foreign investment companies on enhancing productivity. A case of Ayan trading. The main anchor to the study analyses the relationship between the challenges faced by the foreign companies and the effect to decision making and performance. The chapter gives a preview outline of the sections and facets to be covered and the research framework. The section will focus on the back...
Abstract The main scope of the research was to establish the major environmental challenges caused by gold panning in Kwekwe district in Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. In this study the qualitative with a combination of minor aspects quantitative research paradigms were used with a sample drawn from panners, and stakeholders. The stakeholders comprised local government officials, Environmental Management Authorities and officials drawn from local mining organisations also the local people dwe...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the contribution of food vendors in poverty alleviation at household level in Mwanza city. Three vending centers namely Pamba market, Kirumba fish market and Igoma daladala stand centre were selected as representation centers. A sample of 100 food vendors from the selected centers were involved in the study, 3 WEO‟s and City Public Health Officer, were involved in the study. Data collection included structured interviews, Focused Group Discussion, in-depth in...
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...