Assessing the contribution of smallholder irrigation to household food security in Zimbabwe
dc.contributor.author | Mupaso, Norman | |
dc.contributor.author | Makombe, Godswill | |
dc.contributor.author | Mugandani, Raymond | |
dc.contributor.author | Mafongoya, Paramu L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-31T12:07:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-07-31T12:07:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-04 | |
dc.description | DATA AVAILABITY STATEMENT: The data are available on request because of restrictions | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 seeks to end hunger and guarantee food and nutrition security worldwide by 2030. Smallholder irrigation development remains a key strategy to achieve SDG 2. This study assesses how smallholder irrigation contributes to household food security in Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe. Primary data were gathered from a randomly chosen sample of 444 farmers (344 irrigators and 100 non-irrigators) using a structured questionnaire. Microsoft Excel and Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 27 software packages were used to analyse the data. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test, t-test, and binary logistic regression were performed. The t-test results show significant differences in mean between irrigators and non-irrigators for household size, the dependency ratio, farming experience, farm income, food expenditure share, and livestock owned (p < 0.05). Irrigators had significantly higher area planted, yield, and quantity sold for maize during the summer than non-irrigators (p < 0.05). Food Consumption Score results show that 97% of irrigators and 45% of non-irrigators were food secure. Binary logistic regression results reveal a significant association between food security and household size, irrigation access, and farm income (p < 0.05). In conclusion, access to smallholder irrigation increases household food security. The government and its development partners should prioritise investments in smallholder irrigation development, expansion, and rehabilitation. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | SDG-02:Zero Hunger | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/agriculture | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Mupaso, N.; Makombe, G.; Mugandani, R.; Mafongoya, P.L. Assessing the Contribution of Smallholder Irrigation to Household Food Security in Zimbabwe. Agriculture 2024, 14, 617. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14040617. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2077-0472 (online) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 10.3390/agriculture14040617 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97372 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_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.subject | Smallholder irrigation | en_US |
dc.subject | Food security | en_US |
dc.subject | Food consumption score | en_US |
dc.subject | Zimbabwe | en_US |
dc.subject | SDG-02: Zero hunger | en_US |
dc.title | Assessing the contribution of smallholder irrigation to household food security in Zimbabwe | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |