The contribution of diaspora remittances to household food security in the Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has been experiencing economic crisis since the turn of the 21st century, resulting in most economical active people mainly in the southern districts, including Tsholotsho, migrating to surrounding countries in the SADC region, especially South Africa. Despise the prevailing semi-arid condi...

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Main Authors: Marambanyika, Thomas, Ndlovu, Clara
Format: Book chapter
Language:English
Published: Nova Science Publishers 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3452
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description Zimbabwe has been experiencing economic crisis since the turn of the 21st century, resulting in most economical active people mainly in the southern districts, including Tsholotsho, migrating to surrounding countries in the SADC region, especially South Africa. Despise the prevailing semi-arid conditions affecting predominantly rain-fed agriculture being worsened by the apparent effects of climate change, human movements further disrupted food security strategies which local communities were accustomed to. Therefore, this paper assessed the contribution of diaspora remittances to household food security in Ward 9 Chefunye, Tsholotsho district in Zimbabwe. Data were collected through a questionnaire targeting a total of one hundred and twenty-four households receiving and not receiving remittances and key informant interviews with development partners, government departments and local leadership. A comparison ...
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spelling ir-11408-34522022-06-27T13:49:05Z The contribution of diaspora remittances to household food security in the Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe Marambanyika, Thomas Ndlovu, Clara Remittances International migration Food security Rural areas Livelihoods Zimbabwe has been experiencing economic crisis since the turn of the 21st century, resulting in most economical active people mainly in the southern districts, including Tsholotsho, migrating to surrounding countries in the SADC region, especially South Africa. Despise the prevailing semi-arid conditions affecting predominantly rain-fed agriculture being worsened by the apparent effects of climate change, human movements further disrupted food security strategies which local communities were accustomed to. Therefore, this paper assessed the contribution of diaspora remittances to household food security in Ward 9 Chefunye, Tsholotsho district in Zimbabwe. Data were collected through a questionnaire targeting a total of one hundred and twenty-four households receiving and not receiving remittances and key informant interviews with development partners, government departments and local leadership. A comparison ... 2019-02-15T13:19:06Z 2019-02-15T13:19:06Z 2017 Book chapter 978-1536122480 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3452 en Food Security, Threat Factors, Policies and Challenges: Jonathan Webb: editor;Chapter 4, p. 75-96 open Nova Science Publishers
spellingShingle Remittances
International migration
Food security
Rural areas
Livelihoods
Marambanyika, Thomas
Ndlovu, Clara
The contribution of diaspora remittances to household food security in the Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe
title The contribution of diaspora remittances to household food security in the Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe
title_full The contribution of diaspora remittances to household food security in the Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe
title_fullStr The contribution of diaspora remittances to household food security in the Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe
title_full_unstemmed The contribution of diaspora remittances to household food security in the Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe
title_short The contribution of diaspora remittances to household food security in the Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe
title_sort contribution of diaspora remittances to household food security in the tsholotsho district, zimbabwe
topic Remittances
International migration
Food security
Rural areas
Livelihoods
url http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3452
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