The Impacts Of Climate Change On Smallholder Farmers Case Study Of Mazowe District Ward 8, 10 And 12, Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe
- Author
- Rugare, Kangai
- Title
- The Impacts Of Climate Change On Smallholder Farmers Case Study Of Mazowe District Ward 8, 10 And 12, Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe
- Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of climate change on smallholder farmers in Mazowe District, Wards 8, 10, and 12, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe. The questionnaire-based survey, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions included 100 participants. Ward councillors, extension officers, weather station officers, independent experts, NGO officers and farmers were randomly selected from the district’s three rural wards as participants. The study combined quantitative and qualitative methods. A deliberate sampling of the district's wards was required for the use of the qualitative methodology. Using standardised questionnaires and in-person interviews, both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from the community under study. The research strategy for this study was influenced by the kinds of data that were collected, the research subjects, and the research resources. The great majority of the questions were open-ended because the data was gathered using questionnaires. Interviews were another method the researcher employed to gather data. The identical set of questions, presented in the same format and sequence, were sent to each respondent. Observation served as the third tool employed to obtain data. In order to assess how climate change is affecting smallholder farmers, the researcher travelled around the wards. The study's conclusions were focused on four main goals, the first of which was to identify the reasons for climate change's effects on Mazowe district's smallholder farmers. The second goal was to determine those effects. The third goal was to identify the difficulties smallholder farmers in Mazowe district experience in adjusting to the consequences of climate change. The final goal was to identify better ways to assist smallholder farmers in adjusting to these effects. The study's suggestions were for Zimbabwe's metrological services organisation to offer sufficient extension information services so that farmers could receive current information on rainfall patterns and make well-informed planting decisions. The government should hasten programmes that promote farmer training and access to financing and aid facilities, as well as assist farmers in acquiring livestock and other critical agricultural assets that can help raise net farm productivity. Government should implement climate change adaptation strategies such as pfumvudza programme to sustain people’s livelihood and support food security program.
- Date
- JUNE 2024
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Climate Change, Smallholder Farmers,Mazowe District
- Supervisor
- Dr Boora
- Item sets
- Department of Geosciences
- Media
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