The Effects of Command Agriculture on Food Security in Ward 26 Mvurwi, Mazowe District. · Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Author

Milanzi David

Title

The Effects of Command Agriculture on Food Security in Ward 26 Mvurwi, Mazowe District.

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Zimbabwe is no longer a bread basket; it is now food insecure. This can be attributed to, among other factors, climatic changes and inadequacy agricultural finance which reduced agricultural yield and so the government intervened to provide farming financial support through many programs including Command Agriculture. Therefore, this work sought to assess the effects of Command Agriculture Program on food security in ward 26 Mvurwi, Mazowe district. Command Agriculture is one of the state-led agricultural policies, it was implemented in Zimbabwe to assist farmers with inputs of agriculture and improve food security. The research design used was descriptive, the research site was purposively chosen and a simple randomised sampling technique enhanced sampling. Quantitative and qualitative data was analysed using percentage, mean and frequency and presented on tables, charts ad figures and. It was found that Command Agriculture provides work to some villagers, improves local food availability and it is a means of life to contracted farmers who afford sufficient food, clothing, houses and other assets. It is noteworthy that the actual output of particularly maize was far less than the expected and it was falling since the introduction of the program, therefore, there is ineffectiveness and inefficiency in this program which can be attributed to input insufficiency, late input supply, water scarcity and poor management. There is a need for holistic to revive the agricultural sector and this entails that all stakeholders take seriously these financial aids meant to improve livelihood with one accord; timeous planting and hybrid seed use is promoted by early input supply. Favourable GMB maize price may be a good flavour and it is very crucial for the Agro yield to extend equipment loans to small scale farmers and make close monitoring through extension officers preaching farming knowledge. Transparency, funds leakage minimisation and enough room for agricultural economists can promote agriculture productivity.

Date

JUNE 2024

Publisher

BUSE

Keywords

Key word: Command Agriculture; Effectiveness; Food security; Input supply; Mazowe district.

Supervisor

NIL