1 25 2 https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/f2f50bef76889e6102af24aab7117502.pdf 4de2a01862f10bec314cf56ae2166db6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource THE IMPACT OF URBAN WETLAND FARMING ON FOOD SECURITY IN ZIMBABWE’S URBAN AREAS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DELIWE TEMBACHAKO ANYWAY KATANHA RUMBIDZAI DEBRA KATSARUWARE Description An account of the resource This study explores the urban wetlands contribution to household food security in Zimbabwe. This is under the backdrop of hazy information which exists under the environmental importance of wetland resource discourse. The study was an ethnographic in nature which used a qualitative research approach. The study used a number of livelihood tools in food security assessment which included, direct observations, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and a household questionnaire survey, to solicit the data. A satellite town (Chitungwiza) close to Zimbabwe’s capital city (Harare) was used for this study. A sum of 300 subjects from the three main residential areas namely Seke, St Mary’s and Zengeza suburbs were selected for the study. Systematic sampling was used to select wetland urban farmers in each surbub, followed by random sampling which resulted in a sample size of 100 from each suburb. The results revealed that 92% of the urban farmers practice agriculture in wetlands. Sixty two percent acknowledge that they are food secure because of wetland agriculture. The main crops which are planted in these wetlands include maize, sweet potatoes, and vegetables in order of their importance. Hundred percent respondents were of the opinion that soils from wetlands are richer than those from other landscapes and therefore reducing expenses on input costs like fertilizers. About 80% of those that are food secure are women headed households. Eighty seven percent of the respondents confirmed that wetlands provide products and services that significantly contribute to their household food security. Despite the wetland’s contribution, these urban farmers face some challenges which include low inputs, unreliable and erratic rainfall, unfavorable urban agricultural policies and diseases. Urban population increase around the wetlands, embedded with other anthropogenic activities, economic crisis, land shortage and climate change presents households with limited options. The study recommends urban agricultural policies that take into account the importance of wetlands as reliable agricultural landscape and reduce the construction of buildings in the wetlands. Adoptions of relevant technologies that ensure sustainable use of wetland resources for food security for example zero tillage. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Asian Academic Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 food security Livelihood Urban Wetland farming https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/7a399f761b691a2da849a71537f9a84b.pdf c5d2833fb922ca3a64f3b293f1f5a169 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource THE PERFORMANCE OF MARKETING AGENTS IN CHIBUKU INCLUSIVE VALUE CHAIN IN BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE BY FERNANDO FERREIRA ALVES Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource FERNANDO FERREIRA ALVES Description An account of the resource The study was aimed at building and driving actual and potential Chibuku beer marketing agents towards an inclusive value chain, for performance and income improvement and lifting them from low livelihoods. The purpose was to include the marketing agents in the market at more beneficial terms, while supplying value for the lowest cost of the beverage. This was combined with an improvement of business standards, conceived on the leadership of a formal brewer, for quality and sustainability of production instead of the low value quality from small informal home opaque beer producers. The objective was to link stakeholders to the agents and the collaboration and linking them to the market. Besides discussing the challenges that the marketing agents faced in the Chibuku value chain, the study also considered the importance of training for the performance of the agents. The research design that guided the research problem comprised of transforming qualitative arguments into variables to create quantitative data. The population for this research was made up of Chibuku marketing agents, Cervejas de Moçambique (Mozambique Brewer) management staff representatives and the Ministries of Trade, Labour and Finance officials. The sampling technique was convenient for the agents, those that were available at the business centres at the time of data collection were interviewed. The researcher used purposive sampling to access participants with relevant knowledge and experience for the Cervejas de Moçambique (CDM) and different Ministries. Findings from the study revealed that there was management support from suppliers, Ministries of Labour, Finance and Trade to enhance the performance of marketing agents’ in Chibuku inclusive value chain that was important for inclusion in the value chain, as well as collaboration between marketing agents and supplier. This collaboration was significant as it helped the agents to perform better and overcome challenges faced in the business. The challenges were also minimized through management training. The study also found that management training provided by the brewer to marketing agents helped them run the business more efficiently and perform better in the Chibuku inclusive value chain. The major recommendation was that management support should be delivered during training in the working environment as an on-the-job training during the acquisition of abilities and knowledge needed to work in the business setting Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available ZOU Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024 Chibuku Beer Inclusive Value Chain Livelihood Marketing Agents Opaque Beer value chain