University of Zimbabwe Social Sciences Research: Recent submissions
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Food access and nutrition linkages: policy issues and programme options in Zimbabwe
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension; UZ/MSU Food Security Research in Southern Africa Project, 1991)The paper discusses the nature and extent of the nutrition problems facing Zimbabwe. It outlines the major causes of protein energy malnutrition, discusses current strategies to redress the situation, focusses some attention ... -
Land and the changing fortunes of Madzishe in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 2014)In this chapter, we discuss the role of Madzishe (chiefs) in nation-building using Zimbabwe as a reference point. We take into consideration that leadership is an important component in the development of a national ethos. ... -
Research on the institutional contexts of wildlife utilization in communal areas of Eastern and Southern Africa
(Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) ; University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1989-09)This paper is largely based on experience gained by the Centre over the past five years in its research programme on natural resource management in the communal lands of Zimbabwe. In its wildlife utilization component this ... -
Bilharzioma of the fallopian tube - a case report
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2015-01)We present a 37 year old, Caucasian woman who presented to a gynaecologist with a history of amenorrhea and subsequent per vaginal bleeding. In her gynaecological history, she was Gravida 3, Para 2, and her youngest child ... -
Language, indigenous knowledge and survival strategies
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 2014)No nation has ever developed using a foreign language. The use of such a language has limitations. Similarly, dreams never come to a person other than in his or her mother tongue. It is in this light that this chapter seeks ... -
Land and indigenous knowledge systems: some salient issues
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 2014)Land reform is a collection of activities and changes designed to alter the agrarian structure of society and land-use patterns. It invariably has political, economic and socio-cultural dimensions. Local level institutions ... -
The Tanzania crop monitoring and early warning systems project
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension; UZ/MSU Food Security Research in Southern Africa Project, 1991)The problem of food security in SADCC has been discussed at length in many seminars and workshops. Tanzania bcncfiUed from recommendations of the World Food Council (WFC) in the early 1970s and from those of the Food and ... -
Implications of socio-cultural research findings for science education reform in non-western developing countries
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2014-07)Many countries in the world, including the less developed ones, acknowledge that socio-economic development will rely for a good part on the rapidity of progress in and adoption of science and technology. As such, school ... -
Taking stock of regional food security after ten years of SADCC
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1991)All ten SADCC countries are heavily dependent on agriculture. This sector provides not only national and household food security but is the major source of employment for the people of the region. It generates foreign ... -
Transformational leadership and traditional african leadership practice : a study of two kingdoms.
(Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education, 2013-12-03)This paper seeks to demonstrate that some elements of what is now called transformational leadership can be found in the philosophy and leadership practices of some of the peoples of Africa. Part of the answer to our ... -
Land as the game-changer: utilising local community talent and resources in development initiatives
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 2014)With the realisation that Africa is home to the largest youth population also ravaged by high levels of unemployment, governments have to develop talent and resource management programmes that address the immediate and ... -
The ethics behind the fast-track land reform programme in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 2014)A lot has been written about the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) in Zimbabwe. Since 2000, there have been critical academic contributions from the humanities, social sciences, life-sciences as well as the natural ... -
Land reform and rural tourism in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 2014)Dynamics and implications of the land reform in Zimbabwe before the year 2000 have been variously examined elsewhere (Moyo, 1986, 1995, 1999,2000; Alexander, 2003, Stoneman 2000, Cliffe, 2000, Mandaza, 1986, Palmer, 1990) ... -
Farm size protection, informal subdivision: the impact of subdivision policy on land delivery and security of property rights in Zimbabwe
(Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) ; University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2003)Beyond Phase I of Zimbabwe’s Land Reform and Resettlement Program (1980-1998) and fast track resettlement, the private land market has created an important process of shadow land reform and de facto land redistribution. ... -
From appropriating water to sharing it: water reforms in the Nyachowe catchment area
(Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS); University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997-08)Visit a catchment area in Zimbabwe, and you will encounter a situation full of contradictions and compromises. The differences between the worlds in which the commercial farmers and the communal farmers live are simply ... -
Urban land development in Africa
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 2014)Africa, with the most recent urban tradition and experience of city life, is currently urbanising at more than 4 per cent annually (UNHABITAT, 2010). In 1995, only 28 cities on the continent had populations exceeding one ... -
Food access and nutrition policy /programme linkages in mainland Tanzania
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1991)Food access is an important component of food security. Food security has little meaning unless food is available, accessible, consumed and meets the basic nutritional needs of the individual and community. Nutritional ... -
The impact of computer-assisted instruction on secondary school students' achievement in geography
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2014-03)This research, carried out in Manicaland Province in Zimbabwe, aimed to investigate the impact of computer-assisted instruction on students’ performance in Geography. The equivalent group research design which included a ... -
Climate change and indigenous knowledge in Zimbabwe: a human factor approach
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 2014)This chapter examines the interface between climate change and Indigenous Knowledge (IK), paying particular attention to the role of IK in rural people’s livelihoods. People in rural agrarian economies have often survived ... -
Governance of grazing lands and schemes in Zimbabwe with emphasis on schemes in Masvingo province
(Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS); University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), School of Government, University of the Western Cape, 2001-02)There have been concerns about land degradation and many other problems associated with agricultural production in the communal lands (areas) of Zimbabwe. Concern over high stocking rates of livestock, “overgrazing”, and ...
