Enhancing food security through micro- irrigation: Evaluating the contribution of treadle pumps to household food security in Umzingwane district of Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorMaphosa, Mandlenkosi
dc.contributor.authorDube, Tomson
dc.contributor.authorDube, Zenzo L.
dc.contributor.authorNcube, Gracsious
dc.contributor.authorTshuma, Nevel
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-09T13:57:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-26T12:12:09Z
dc.date.available2018-04-09T13:57:47Z
dc.date.available2023-06-26T12:12:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractAmongst a plethora of challenges facing the African continent today is the food security issue. Close to 240 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are food insecure (Bremner, 2012). A number of reasons have been advanced to explain the food insecurity situation of which inter-alia include climate change, low food and agricultural productivity and production. This article is centred on assessing the use of treadle pumps micro irrigation technologies strategy in an attempt to counter low food and agricultural productivity in Umzingwane district of Zimbabwe. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used with data being collected through questionnaires, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. A total of 100 smallholder farmers participated in the study which covered 6 Wards. Study findings reveal that the use of treadle pumps improves household food security though this inevitably comes at a cost to the natural environment. This is largely due to the way in which this form of micro-irrigation is practiced in the District. However, notwithstanding the positive contribution of treadle pumps to household food security, the use of these pumps is fraught with a number of challenges some of which include lack of backup services, spares, marketing and an unsupportive institutional environment.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMaphosa, M.et al. 2014. Enhancing food security through micro- irrigation: Evaluating the contribution of treadle pumps to household food security in Umzingwane district of Zimbabwe: International Journal of Development and Sustainability3(5).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://196.220.97.103:4000/handle/123456789/879
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectFood Securityen_US
dc.subjectTreadle Pumpsen_US
dc.subjectMicro-irrigationen_US
dc.subjectUmzingwaneen_US
dc.subjectEntitlementen_US
dc.titleEnhancing food security through micro- irrigation: Evaluating the contribution of treadle pumps to household food security in Umzingwane district of Zimbabween_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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