An Analysis of the contribution of maize contract farming on household food security and poverty alleviation in Mashonaland Central, Bindura district
- Author
- Dziya, Faith
- Title
- An Analysis of the contribution of maize contract farming on household food security and poverty alleviation in Mashonaland Central, Bindura district
- Abstract
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Maize is a staple crop in Zimbabwe and hence bears important implications for poverty alleviation and food security attainment. Maize production, productivity and profitability are crucial for food insecurity alleviation both at household and national level. In the recent past a lot of factors have negatively affected maize productivity and profitability. Some notable changes in the agrarian sector, macroeconomic challenges and climate variability are some of the problems that can be blamed for the poor performance of the Zimbabwean agricultural sector specifically maize. In the past three decades, the government of Zimbabwe has experienced a decline and unsustainable production. This thesis was aimed at analyzing the impact of maize contract farming on household food security and poverty alleviation with the aim of getting a wide understanding of the present state of events and therefore recommends measures to improve the current status. This study therefore gathered data from Bindura district of Zimbabwe from 121 smallholder maize farmers. Primary data was collected through a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, such as frequencies and percentages, was used to analyse survey responses regarding farmers' access to essential resources
Keywords: Government command agriculture program, Contract farming, Smallholder farmers, Household Food security, Poverty Alleviation.
- Date
- May 2024
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Contract farming
- Maize production
- Food security
- Supervisor
- Dr V. Munyati
- Media
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Dziya - AEM.pdf