University of Zimbabwe: Recent submissions
Now showing items 81-100 of 2012
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The political economy of wheat consumption and production with special reference to Sub-Saharan Africa.
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension; UZ/MSU Food Security Research in Southern Africa Project, 1988)Over the past 25 years, one of the most dramatic changes in dietary patterns in developing countries has been the increasing role of wheat as a staple food. Wheat consumption has risen rapidly both in countries where wheat ... -
A realistic approach to water reform in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 2000)Current water reforms that are underway in Zimbabwe, by design or default, seem to be completing the country's agrarian and rural development history. After an exclusive focus on land reform for a greater part of the 17 ... -
The Colonial Office and British expansion in the Zambezi, 1885- 1891
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Water allocation principles in catchment areas: some notes on constraints and opportunities
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 2000)The premise of this chapter is that the technical works and the legal- institutional arrangements need to be in accord. The chapter will first present experiences from two different catchments. The situations in these ... -
The effect of chemotherapy on pulmonary tuberculosis in the Central African: when given for a period of a year or longer
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1955-09)The Editor of the British Medical Journal commented on the Seventh Report by the Tuberculosis Chemotherapy Trials Committee to the Medical Research Council as follows:1 “It is unfortunate that clinical information is not ... -
Structural adjustment and personal social services in Zambia: the case of urban poverty
(School Of Social Work (SSW), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1993-02-22)This paper argues that the policy package resulting from the implementation of the structural adjustment programme in Zambia has aggravated the deterioration of personal social services such as health and education. It ... -
Social change in post-war Bulawayo
(Department of History, University of Zimbabwe., 1986-05)This paper is split into three parts. The first part is concerned with a description of the type of Capitalist Mode of Production C.M.P. from now on which formed the structure for understanding the type of working class — ... -
Some aspects of colonial office relations with the Chartered Company
(Department of History, University of Zimbabwe, 1975-08-15)The thesis and papers of R. Palmer, J. Taylor and P. Stigger convey the impression that the Colonial Office and the Chartered Company were somehow antagonistic to each other, that Directors were constantly either challenging ... -
Ecology of the vegitation in the draw-down zone of Lake Kariba
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 1997)The present contribution is a study of the vegetation of the "draw-down zone" e g. the area between highest and lowest water level in a reservoir, of the artificial Lake Kariba. It aims at providing a renewed description ... -
Structural adjustment, agriculture and the role of farmers' organisations in Zimbabwe: a meso-scale study of the Shamva District
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (UZ), 1998)In mid-1990, the Zimbabwe Government announced its intention to inaugurate an economic reform programme, the so-called Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) which was to begin with some liberalisation measures ... -
Matebeleland after the dispersion: a study in involuntary population movements, their economic and political impact in the era of colonialism, 1893-1960
(Department of History, University of Zimbabwe., 1988-08)This paper' comes as a result of seven months' work at the National Archives, Harare. The time which saw the production of this paper was punctuated by a number of obligations falling upon the author throughout the entire ... -
The end of the Ndebele Royal Family
(Department of History, University of Zimbabwe., 1988-04)On 30 March 1932 the High Court in Bulawayo found Rhodes Mpango, son of Njube, son of Lobengula, guilty on various counts of extortion and attempted extortion, and so sentenced him to a total of fifteen months imprisonment, ... -
Girl-child education in Nigeria: issues and implications on national development
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2016-03)The importance of girl-child education to the development of any nation cannot he overemphasised. There is a saying that "if we educate a boy, we educate one person, hut if we educate a girl, we educate a family and a ... -
Rethinking fieldwork education and practice in Southern Africa: lessons from Botswana
(School Of Social Work (SSW) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1993-02-22)The purpose of this paper is not so much to critique what is currently the practice of fieldwork in southern Africa in general, and in Botswana in particular. Major discussions regarding the role of fieldwork education in ... -
Introduction
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 1997)A number of ecological characteristics make this tropical man made lake fairly unique compared with the other great lakes on the African continent. The mean retention time of the waters is only about 3-4 years and the bulk ... -
Agricultural, marketing and trade policies to promote food security in the SADCC region: a research proposal
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension; UZ/MSU Food Security Research in Southern Africa Project, 1988)In recent years, the nine member states of SADCC have voiced great interest in expanding intraregional trade as one strategy to increasing food security within the region. The fact that six of the nine countries are ... -
Planning suburban service centres in Harare, Zimbabwe: a study of structure, use patterns and needs with special reference to retailing in high-density residential areas
(Zambezia, Journal of The University of Zimbabwe., 1991)Since the attainment of Independence, urban and regional planning in Zimbabwe has been taking place in two different contexts. In the first, the role of planning is to initiate growth where none existed before. This type ... -
Optimal principles and pragmatic strategies:creating an enabling politico-legal environment for Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM)
(SADC Technical Coordination Unit,, 1995-04-03)Let me start this address with an hypothesis. I suggest that the mixed profile of success and failure in CBNRM in the Region owes much of its ambiguity to our strategic pragmatism in its implementation. We have placed ... -
Economic principles and the allocation and pricing of water: a theoretical review for Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 2000)In most of Zimbabwe water sources were widely available with much of the potential runoff and underground water still unexploited. However, in the past two decades water has become increasingly scarce. As water becomes ... -
Contribution of the nitrogen fixation to the nitrogen budget of Lake Kariba
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 1997)There is very little information about nitrogen fixation in tropical lakes in general and even less in tropical man-made lakes (Thornton 1986. Wetzel 1983) The literature reveals that apart from the processes of nitrification ...