Byron Zamasiya

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined factors influencing household food security among smallholder farmers in the Mudzi district of Zimbabwe using a structured questionnaire, and found that household dietary diversity is influenced by the age and education of the household head, household labour and size, livestock ownership, access to market information and remittances.

TL;DR: Factors influencing behavioural change among smallholder farmers towards adaptation to climate change in transitional climatic zones of Africa, specifically, Hwedza District in Zimbabwe show that the gender of the household head, access to extension services on crop and livestock production, and access to climate information have a positive influence on farmers' attitude towards climate change and variability.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the determinants of soybean market participation by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe, with a view to identifying key policy entry points for increasing farmer incomes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the food security of elderly headed households in Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe was investigated using cross sectional household data collected using a structured questionnaire and two measures of food security are used; namely household food insecurity access score and household dietary diversity score.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate empirically that collective marketing can help smallholder farmers to reduce barriers to entry into lucrative agricultural markets through IAR4D by lowering transaction costs of accessing input and produce markets.