Political economy of command agriculture in Zimbabwe: A state-led contract farming model

F Mazwi, A Chemura, GT Mudimu… - … South: Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
After the withdrawal of agrarian capital from financing agriculture in the context of a backlash
following the implementation radical land redistribution and tenure reforms since 2000, the …

Influence of public agricultural extension on technology adoption by small-scale farmers in Zimbabwe

TP Masere, S Worth - South African Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2021 - ajol.info
This paper presents the findings of challenges facing Zimbabwe's extension services and
how these have affected the adoption of technologies they render to small-scale farmers …

Tobacco contract farming in Zimbabwe: power dynamics, accumulation trajectories, land use patterns and livelihoods

F Mazwi, W Chambati, GT Mudimu - Journal of Contemporary …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme resulted in a massive growth
of the country's tobacco sector. Some authors have labelled this, the 'tobacco boom'. The …

Contract farming: a comparison of production and marketing contracts as sourcing strategies in the fast food restaurant industry

P Mukucha, S Tsekea, DC Jaravaza… - Journal of Foodservice …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The study sought to determine the most effective type of contract for sourcing broiler
chickens from poultry farmers in Zimbabwe. Contract farming is used as a form of supplier …

The influence of supplier development, in the form of contract farming, on performance in Zimbabwean tobacco industry

P Mukucha, F Chari - Cogent Business & Management, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Supplier development in the farming industry takes the form of contract farming. Contract
farming was introduced to tobacco farming in 2004. Prior to that contract farming has been …

An assessment of differential supplier category performance in the agro processing industry: A case for supplier development in the Zimbabwean tobacco industry

P Mukucha, F Chari, S Manzini - Journal of Future …, 2023 - growingscience.com
This study sought to determine whether farm categories influence the key agro business
supply chain metric of crop yield. The investigated farm categories are the communal farms …

An assessment of supplier development in the Zimbabwean cotton industry

P Mukucha, F Chari - Cogent Business & Management, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Supplier development in the form of contract farming has become the main sourcing strategy
in agro-processing industry. However, it is not yet clear from the extant literature how …

The moderating effect of farming contracts on the relationship between responsive supply chain elements and supply chain resilience

P Mukucha - Journal of Future Sustainability, 2023 - growingscience.com
Food supply chain disruptions have of recent increased in terms of severity and frequency
leading to viability problems for most businesses in related supply chain networks and …

[PDF][PDF] COVID-19 and the political economy of tobacco and maize commodity circuits: Makoronyera, the 'connected'and agrarian accumulation in Zimbabwe

T Shonhe - APRA working paper, 2021 - future-agricultures.org
This paper analyses the global commodity circuits (GCCs)–value chains–for maize and
tobacco in Zimbabwe, in the context of a reconfigured agrarian economy and COVID-19 …

Side marketing: A threat to contract farming viability in Zimbabwe

P Mukucha, DC Jaravaza, J Risiro… - … for agriculture and …, 2024 - igi-global.com
Contract farming is increasingly becoming a major source of funding for most agricultural
commodities on the basis of its ability to ensure a consistent supply of raw materials to agro …