ABSTRACT There was a lack of detailed information of factors affecting the performance of dairy cattle kept in smallholder farms in Temeke municipal. Two approaches were employed to identify factors that affect the productivity and reproductive performance of dairy cattle kept in the study area. The first approach used structured questionnaire which were administered to 84 dairy farmers using a cross sectional survey technique to collect data from 12 villages. The second approach was a longit...
ABSTRACT This research study was triggered by the researcher’s experiences during Work Related Learning at Bulawayo City Council. The researcher observed that although information technology was making business easier for Bulawayo City Council, the impact of information technology on Bulawayo City Council’s audit department was not being addressed. The research made an in-depth review of the literature related to the impact of information technology on internal audit.This review aimed at ...
Abstract The study is about an analysis of e-insurance as a cost cutting method at RM Insurance in Harare. The study made an examination into the effectiveness of this model as employed by RMI. The research made use of a case study design and henceforth interviews and questionnaires were used to gather data. The results showed that e-insurance was not reducing underwriting costs as anticipated due to various factors. However, it was noted that the model yielded some positives in the operation...
ABSTRACT In many developing countries people have viewed buffer zones as a way to accommodate the needs of national parks and other categories of wildlife protected areas and in sustaining livelihoods of the local communities living adjacent to these protected areas. This study was done from September 2015 to April 2016 in eight villages adjacent to Kilimanjaro National Park in order to assess the impacts of annexing Kilimanjaro Half Mile Forest Strip (HMFS) to KINAPA. Household survey questi...
ABSTRACT The study is entitled “Biological disasters mitigation strategies in rural communities. The case of Chimanimani district.” Biological disasters are impacting negatively on nations and communities. Chimanimani district is at risk of biological hazards among other districts in Zimbabwe. Various organisations in the district which constitute the District Risk Reduction Committee sought out ways to limit the incidences of biological disasters through mitigation approaches. However, t...
ABSTRACT This research sought to investigate how accounting informationn systems affect decisions made by management at Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe.The information system background of the company is made up of stand-alone systems which includes Sun system the main Accounting Information System and Excel spreadsheets.The initiative was driven by the challenges that are associated with usingtwo systems such as production of erroneous reports, difficulties in consolidation of loc...
ASTRACT This study was carried out in Bikita South District in Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe. The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) in environmental management in Bikita South. Targeted population were drawn from Bikita South ward 2 from the traditional leadership of the area, Agriculture extension officer and the general populace using qualitative research method through purposive sampling and snowball. The research found out that th...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out the impact of generic strategies on company performance; a case of the bakery industry in Zimbabwe. The researcher therefore seeks to establish whether the varying efforts made in implementing generic strategies is generating results or not and also what can be done to enhance results of the same. The following are the objectives of the research: to find out the ways in which bakeries are applying cost reduction strategies, to identify focus strategies th...
Abstract Like many other fossorial rodents, gerbils are known to modulate their environments by changing the soil characteristics and conditions via their activities such as ground bioturbation, foraging, defecating and urinating. They play an important ecological engineering role because they can affect water hydraulic conductivity and water holding capacity, mineralization rates, thus plant-available-nutrients and moisture stored in the soil profile. If the bioturbation activities of gerbil...
ABSTRACT The research focused on the reliability of fair value presentation to investors in a depressed economy being a case of Zimbabwe. The research was inspired by an increase in the number of cases where investors lost their investments in companies that presented their financial statements using unreliable fair values. Both foreign and domestic investors are losing millions of dollars to companies which are using fair values to window dress their financial statements hiding the true econ...
BSTRACT Soil erosion by water is a growing problem in Tanzania particularly in mountainous areas. The control of soil erosion is one of the most significant issues, which results in improving crop production as well as smallholders income. A study was carried out to assess hillside ditches performance in controlling soil erosion in a banana-maize farming system in Kiroka Village, Morogoro, Tanzania. The study intended to characterize the soils, determine soil loss and assess the social econom...
ABSTRACT This study examines the level and forms of participation of rural women in local governance in Zimbabwe with a focus on Mutasa Rural District in Manicaland Province. The study focused on women‟s participation in local governance and in decision making structures such as Council, Ward Development Committees (WADCOs), Ward Assemblies, Village Development Committees (VIDCOs), Village Assemblies and Water Point Committees (WPCs). The Liberal Feminist theory was used to guide this study...
ABSTRACT The study aim was to assess the influence of Christian faith on ART adherence by persons living with HIV subscribing to Christianity as their religion and enrolled in the Zimbabwe National Network of People living with HIV Gweru. The research was necessitated by the observation of the rise in Christian denominations that were found to be preaching the gospel of healing from HIV, alongside the presented statistics on the AIDS-related deaths and HIV prevalence rates within the district...
Abstract The purpose of this research was to assess the role played by Fushai women-owned micro finance groups in reducing poverty in Bikita ward twenty. The objectives of the research were to examin the extent to which women owned micro finance groups have facilitated the reduction of poverty in rural areas, to examine models of rural micro finance and how they are run and to identify the challenges encounted by micro finance institutions, clients and staff in providing and accessing rural m...
The Fiscal Decentralisation Debate In Zimbabwe: The Context And Dimensions