ABSTRACT Poor soil nutrient supply is often overlooked as a contributing factor of increased cyanogenic glucoside accumulation in cassava produced in areas affected by konzo, despite the low soil fertility in these areas. High cyanogenic glucosides in cassava roots is one reason attributed to cassava cyanide intoxication that sometimes leads to a health disorder called konzo. Various studies were hence carried out to investigate the role of nutrient supply on cyanogenic glucoside production i...
ABSTRACT The tropical East African and Ethiopian mountains are famous for their exceptionally unique and high biodiversity. The flora on these mountains offers good examples of distinct adaptations to different altitudes as well as evolutionary differentiation, hence an ideal natural laboratory for studies on the dynamics of biodiversity. In this study the genetic diversity, evolutionary history and conservation implications of selected taxa occurring on these mountains were assessed. The obj...
Abstract Politics is a complex game and winning the ballot is not everything. Politicians have to find strategies of keeping themselves relevant to their electorate each time they lose power. As such their portrayal by the media in general and the press in particular constructs or deconstructs them. This study therefore, seeks to look at the audience‟s reception of the dailynews’ portrayal of Morgan Tsvangirai after the 31 July 2013 elections. Fourier (2007) asserts that media texts do no...
ABSTRACT Monopolisation of power by political parties has been a common feature from the past decades and has managed to grab much attention regionally and internationally due to its devastating effects. In Zimbabwe power monopolisation by political parties is the order of the day and the devastating effects of power monopolisation are clearly evidenced by the country’s political and economic deterioration. The study proffer the background on how power monopolisation started and its develop...
Abstract Conflict is inevitable at any given organisation, society, community, groupings, and associations even among family members. The inevitability of conflict is not worthy to be ignored but worthy to be given much attention to be managed. Trying to ignore and deny the existential of conflict within organisations or among individuals will be like ignoring a drop of acid on your own body. Management of conflict is a necessity especially in the public sector. The public sector in Zimbabwe ...
Abstract This study focuses on the social life of the San people of Tsholotsho District ward 7 and 10 from the colonial era up to independence. The study seeks to bring to attention the plight of San people who as one of world‟s oldest indigenous groups has consistently suffered domination, discrimination, cultural assimilation by other social groups. Their history has not been documented because they have never had any contact with technology and modernization they have been widely margina...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out in Chimanimani district and it seeks to understand the impact of food aid on household food security. The study sampled 40 households using convenient sampling who are the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of food aid. Food aid program is widely debated in the world and has made many people to believe that food aid has a disincentive effect while others believe it is an essential tool for agriculture and food security development. For the past decade, foo...
ABSTRACT Aflatoxins and fumonisins are toxic food contaminants. Knowledge about status of human exposure to, and health effects of these toxins in Tanzania is inadequate. This study was conducted to assess the magnitude of dietary exposure to aflatoxin and fumonisin in young children by using biomarkers of exposure and assess the impact of the exposure on child growth. A total of 166 children were recruited at age of 6 to 14 months in three villages; Nyabula (Iringa region), Kigwa (Tabora reg...
ABSTRACT Arable land scarcity and inefficient livelihood strategies are Sub Saharan Africa phenomena posing a challenge of rural chronic poverty in the 21st Century. This study analysed the link between land access, livelihood strategies (LS) and household well-being (HWBS) in land scarce areas, Mvomero District, Tanzania. Specifically, it determined: land access and associated factors, effect of land access on LS, influence of LS on HWBS and the impacts of land access on HWBS. A cross-sectio...
ABSTRACT Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is climate-related arboviral disease of livestock and humans. Rift Valley Fever epidemics are associated with dynamics of mosquito abundance. Studies during inter-epidemic periods (IEP) where there is very little or no virus activity pose challenges including where and how to effectively sample vectors and when should the next outbreaks are expected. Entomological surveys were conducted on abundance and distribution of potential RVF vectors in Ngorongoro distr...
Abstract This dissertation explores how NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names depicts the search for utopia, in relation to migration. It uses the post colonial theory to explain Darling’s consciousness in postcolonial Zimbabwe, which she portrays as a degenerate utopia. The theory informs the textual analysis and evaluation of Darling’s consciousness as she responds to crises and betrayal associated with her home country. The escape to America becomes a journey during the course of whi...
ABSTRACT Contrary to the expectation that the Indigenization Policies would bring economic empowerment, poverty reduction, rise of employment opportunities and beneficiation of the indigenous people among other things, the vice versa has been largely true in the Zimbabwean context. Thus, a need to determine the extent to which “government interference” has been responsible for the rampant economic dilapidation and perpetual rise in deindustrialization. A juxtaposed class of debate has att...
ABSTRACT Urban population growth has created an increase in demand for food including those of animal origin. In response to ample market, urban and peri-urban livestock farming has expanded both in the number of livestock and the number of households engaged in livestock keeping. As a result, human-animal interaction has increased and concurrent increase in manure production within the same land space has increased human-manure-environment contact. The present study was aimed at investigatin...
ABSTRACT This research was conducted to assess the relationship that exist between democracy and economic growth, examining whether the two have an effect on each other, that is, does democracy foster or it actually hinders economic growth and also if economic growth influence a nation to be a democratic or to a be a non-democratic one. Thus the essence of the study is to investigate the robustness of the relationship. Zimbabwe was used as the case study to help out in the conduction of this ...
ABSTRACT The article primarily analyses the effectiveness of the economic empowerment strategies targeted at the community of Mhondoro Ngezi Rural district. Despite abundant mineral resources, the indigenous communities living close to the mines have been deprived of the right to directly or indirectly benefit from the mineral resources. The study utilised a descriptive survey to collect data. The article gives a strong indication of how communities of Mhondoro Ngezi Rural district can utilis...