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dc.contributor.authorThomas Marambanyikaen_US
dc.contributor.editorMohamed Behnassien_US
dc.contributor.editorSidney Dragganen_US
dc.contributor.editorSanni Yayaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-25T06:47:40Z-
dc.date.available2022-11-25T06:47:40Z-
dc.date.issued2011-01-01-
dc.identifier.urihttps://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5266-
dc.description.abstractFood grain crops are the focal point of household food production in communal areas of Zimbabwe. These have remained the prime target of national agricultural policies. Prioritization of cereals has been done at the expense of horticultural products’ potential to stablise communal food systems. This chapter reflected on how local communities in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe district of Zimbabwe transformed their livelihoods through locally initiated small-scale vegetable farming projects. Information was collected through questionnaires, informal interviews and on-site observations as the basis for rapid rural appraisal. Local communities significantly improved on quantities of vegetable output and subsequently food access, availability and consumption patterns. Hecterage of land under cultivation has been extended from small gardens to communal or dryland fields. Farming is thriving viably without assistance from local authorities, central government and NGOs. The chapter concluded that sustainable reduction of hunger in rural societies of developing countries could be achieved if development and donor funding is centered on local initiatives. However, strategies to co-opt traditional vegetables and seasonally grown need to be devised in order to improve and maintain nutrition, especially for HIV/AIDS related illness.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer, Dordrechten_US
dc.subjectVegetablesen_US
dc.subjectFarmingen_US
dc.subjectHouseholden_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectCommunal areasen_US
dc.titleSignificance of Vegetable Farming as a Strategy to Enhance Household Food Security in Communal Areas of Zimbabween_US
dc.typebook parten_US
dc.relation.publicationGlobal Food Insecurityen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0890-7_22-
dc.contributor.affiliationDepartment of Geography and Environmental Studies, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabween_US
dc.contributor.editoraffiliationFaculty of Law, Economics and Social Sci, Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Hay Salam, Agadir, Moroccoen_US
dc.contributor.editoraffiliationResearch and Development, SW Suite N601, Environmental Protection Agency, Delaware Avenue 1301, Washington, 20024, District of Columbia, USAen_US
dc.contributor.editoraffiliationInterdisciplinary School of Health Scien, University of Ottawa, Templeton 43, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Ontario, Canadaen_US
dc.relation.isbn978-94-007-0890-7en_US
dc.description.startpage331en_US
dc.description.endpage342en_US
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