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Sub-Saharan Africa is one region that has been riddled by political, socio-economic problems in t... more Sub-Saharan Africa is one region that has been riddled by political, socio-economic problems in the recent times. These problems have been precipitated by erratic rainfall patterns in the region. In Zimbabwe, erratic rainfall patterns and the economic meltdown in the new millennium has resulted in incredible hunger across the country causing, in turn, the intensive cultivation of dambos. While the history of dambo cultivation in Zimbabwe stretches back to the pre-colonial era, this situation has forced the rural population to ‘invade’ even those dambos that were spared and traditionally reserved for cultural and aesthetic reasons. As such, the cultivation of dambos has met with a number of challenges. It is against this background that the present paper investigates challenges experienced by small-scale dambo farmers and how this has impacted on the nascent environmental, socio-economic developments in Zimbabwe in the recent years. The paper adopts Seke-Chitungwiza communal area of ...
Sub-Saharan Africa is one region that has been riddled by political, socio-economic problems in t... more Sub-Saharan Africa is one region that has been riddled by political, socio-economic problems in the recent times. These problems have been precipitated by erratic rainfall patterns in the region. In Zimbabwe, erratic rainfall patterns and the economic meltdown in the new millennium has resulted in incredible hunger across the country causing, in turn, the intensive cultivation of dambos. While the history of dambo cultivation in Zimbabwe stretches back to the pre-colonial era, this situation has forced the rural population to ‘invade’ even those dambos that were spared and traditionally reserved for cultural and aesthetic reasons. As such, the cultivation of dambos has met with a number of challenges. It is against this background that the present paper investigates challenges experienced by small-scale dambo farmers and how this has impacted on the nascent environmental, socio-economic developments in Zimbabwe in the recent years. The paper adopts Seke-Chitungwiza communal area of ...