ABSTRACT Tanzania is one among developing countries with increasing population growth. The increase of population is reported to contribute to the deforestation as most of the people depend on charcoal as primary source of energy in which the country produces and consume around 3% of global consumption. Most, of previous studies on charcoal provided empirical data on charcoal production, but consistency on productivity, costs incurred, benefits accrued and implication of the technology to woo...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at examining the impacts of human resources management practices to private organizations with the following specific objectives: to study current human resource management practices, to assess the influence of human resource management practices on staff retention and to determine the measures that could be employed to deal with staff turnover in organizations. The Dodoma Municipality was used as a case study and it focused on ten selected private organizations....
ABSTRACT Wildlife Management Areas have been proposed as the institutional mechanism for devolving management to the community level and creating local incentives for conservation. This study assesses the economic efficiency of selected income generated activities (IGAs) in Burunge Wildlife Management Area. Specifically, it was intended to describe the involvement of communities in selected IGAs, analyze costs and benefits associated with selected IGAs (Handcraft and Dress making), and assess...
ABSTRACT The research intended to evaluate the product pricing at Mass beverages ltd. Mass beverages Ltd 2013 annual report noted that the preference of prices charged by Schweppes Zimbabwe is insufficient to cover cost of producing the beverages as Schweppes continue decreasing the prices of its products. The research objective was to identify the product pricing policy and its determinants, detect the pricing implementation guidelines which are in place and suggest the best practice in prod...
ABSTRACT Sorghum plant densities in semi-arid areas are generally lower than in wetter environments leaving lots of bare ground which promotes weeds. Intercropping using the optimum plant density of the minor crop and the most effective row orientation for weed control in these areas is one important step in integrated weed control management (IWM). Information on the cowpea population density and row orientation effects on weed density, growth and yields of sorghum-cowpea cropping systems is...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the determinants of non-performing loans as well as demystifying macrofinancial linkages in Zimbabwe using a panel of nine banks and semi-annually decomposed data from 2009 to 2017. A combination of panel regressions techniques and panel VAR analysis was employed to meet research objectives. Findings revealed that growth in non-performing loans is driven by both bank-specific and macroeconomic factors in Zimbabwe. Findings confirmed that the main drivers of no...
ABSTRACT Communities need motivation in order to effectively participate in environmental conservation. However, potential socio-economic incentives for improving environmental conservation and livelihoods of communities surrounding Kondoa Rehabilitated Areas (KRA) are poorly known. The aim of this study was to analyze potential socio-economic incentives for effectively and sustainably improving environmental conservation and livelihoods of the communities surrounding KRA. The cross-sectional...
ABSTRACT This study assessed and analyzed how tourism revenue generated was distributed at various community levels and its impact on household welfare. Data on sources of revenues, income generated and expenditure were collected from key informants and supplemented with secondary data. Hunting, concession, bed-night and photographic tourism were identified as the major sources of tourism revenue. Distribution of tourism revenue to community level was assessed and the items on which the recei...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to assess spatial and temporal land use changes that have occurred over a period of 40 years in Mvuha River sub-catchment and its impacts to the water balance. The specific objectives of this study were i) to determine the spatial and temporal changes on land use and land cover in Mvuha River sub-catchment for the past forty years, ii) carry out statistical and trend analysis of temporal rainfall and river discharge and iii) to determine runoff hydrologic r...
ABSTRACT There has been a lot of ignorance on the issue of cancer and cancer caregiving in Zimbabwe. The purpose of the study is to identify the burden of care of familial caregivers for people with cancer that is; psychological or emotional, social, physical and financial problems experienced by familial caregivers of cancer patients with research findings and make recommendations for appropriate intervention. There is need to research on the experiences of familial caregivers of people with...
ABSTRACT The research sought to explain the impact of occupational stress related factors on employees’ mental health. The research is guided by four research questions which aim to explore the impact of occupational stress related factors, manifestations of mental health problems, coping strategies used by employees and measures that can be taken to minimize the impact of occupational stress related factors. The research was enriched with the transactional theory of stress and the person-e...
ABSTRACT Root-knot nematodes are one of the major economically important pests causing yield losses of up to 80% in many regions of the world including Zimbabwe. Control of nematodes has been mainly based on use of synthetic nematicides and these have negative impacts on the environment, as a result there is growing interest in alternative methods of management that are economically viable and non-polluting such as Bio-fumigation. An In vitro experiment was carried out in the 2018/19 growing ...
Table of Contents Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 .................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................
ABSTRACT This research carried out an analysis of the determinants of tax compliance by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Magaba area, Harare. The main objectives of the study were to assess the level of tax compliance among SMEs in Harare and establi sh SMEs tax determinants that aff ect their level of compliance . The study used both qualitative and quantitative information. Primary data was collected through the use of questionnaires which were given to SMEs in the Magaba area, Ha...
ABSTRACT The research focused on the impact of funding gap on profitably of SMEDCO, thus how the lack of working capital has affected the financial performance of the corporation.The research was inspired bythe failure of the corporation to fulfil its mandate of giving loans to small and medium enterprises due to lack of funds. SMEDCO has put a moratorium on disbursements as the corporation has no funds for disbursements. This has affected the financial performance of the corporation as SMEDC...