Socioeconomic determinants of poverty reduction among irrigating farmers in Mberengwa District, Zimbabwe

dc.contributor.authorMupaso, Norman
dc.contributor.authorMakombe, Godswill
dc.contributor.authorMugandani, Raymond
dc.contributor.authorMafongoya, Paramu L.
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-06T09:27:34Z
dc.date.available2024-11-06T09:27:34Z
dc.date.issued2024-05
dc.descriptionDATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : Data available on request due to restrictions.en_US
dc.description.abstractSustainable Development Goal 1 aims to end extreme poverty everywhere by the year 2030. Smallholder irrigation development is arguably a vital strategy to reduce rural poverty. The authors assessed the socioeconomic determinants of poverty reduction in Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe. Data were collected from 444 randomly selected households. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 27 and Microsoft Excel 2019 software packages. Chi-square tests, t-tests, and Foster–Greer– Thorbecke (FGT) poverty index and binary logistic regression model tests were performed. The chi-square test results show an association between access to irrigation and farmer’s level of education (p < 0.01). The t-test results show significant differences between irrigators and non-irrigators for household size (p < 0.01), household labor (p < 0.05), and rainfed plot size (p < 0.05). FGT indices show that the poverty incidence, depth, and severity were lesser for irrigators than non-irrigators. The binary logistic regression model results show that age, household size, access to irrigation and household income significantly influence household poverty status. In conclusion, access to irrigation reduces poverty in rural areas. However, access to irrigation is not a panacea for poverty reduction in rural areas. Smallholder irrigation development policies should consider socioeconomic determinants of poverty reduction to properly target and tailor interventions, and increase the relevance and effectiveness of poverty reduction efforts.en_US
dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en_US
dc.description.librarianhj2024en_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-01:No povertyen_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainabilityen_US
dc.identifier.citationMupaso, N.; Makombe, G.; Mugandani, R.; Mafongoya, P.L. Socioeconomic Determinants of Poverty Reduction among Irrigating Farmers in Mberengwa District, Zimbabwe. Sustainability 2024, 16, 3580. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16093580.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3390/su16093580
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/98948
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).en_US
dc.subjectSustainable development goals (SDGs)en_US
dc.subjectSDG-01: No povertyen_US
dc.subjectPoverty reductionen_US
dc.subjectSmallholder irrigationen_US
dc.subjectSocioeconomic factorsen_US
dc.subjectFoster–Greer–Thorbeckeen_US
dc.subjectZimbabween_US
dc.titleSocioeconomic determinants of poverty reduction among irrigating farmers in Mberengwa District, Zimbabween_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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