Economics of wetland cultivation in Zimbabwe: case study of Mashonaland East Province

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dc.contributor.advisorMushunje, Aen
dc.contributor.authorTaruvinga, Amonen
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-28T10:30:57Z
dc.date.available2026-07-28T10:30:57Z
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.description.abstractWetlands are stocks of natural resources limited in supply, in the middle of unlimited human wants with multiple uses to society, presenting an economic problem in as far as their rational and sustainable use is concerned. To that end, conflicting recommendations have been forwarded regarding wetland cultivation as a possible land use across the globe and from within the same regions. On one extreme, wetland cultivation has been linked to degradation of wetlands with pure wetland conservation as the prescribed viable and sustainable land use option to society. Closer to reality, partial wetland conversion to crop land has been found compatible with wetland bio-diversity; implying that partial wetland cultivation is the prescribed wetland use option viable and sustainable to societies, a dictum mainly claimed by rural communities. With that conflicting background and based on the “Safe Minimum Standard” approach, a ban on wetland cultivation was maintained in several early environmental policies in Zimbabwe as a basis for legislative protection of wetlands, a position that is still legally binding in current statutes. Contrary to that, rural communities have responded by invading wetlands as a coping strategy in pursuit of the claimed values of wetland cultivation, further conflicting with standing policies. This scenario has managed to “lock” and is currently locking the claimed 1,28 million hectares of wetlands in Zimbabwe in a “legal-operational impasse”, at a cost to the entire nation since no meaningful investment is possible in wetlands when there is a legal conflict.en
dc.formatxviii, 169 leaves; 30 cmen
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dc.identifier.citationTaruvinga, Amon. 2009en
dc.identifier.othervital:11169en
dc.identifier.otherhttp://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1001002en
dc.identifier.otherWetland management -- Zimbabwe Case studiesen
dc.identifier.otherWetland ecology -- Zimbabween
dc.identifier.otherSustainable agriculture -- Zimbabween
dc.identifier.otherRural development -- Zimbabween
dc.identifier.otherWetland restoration -- Zimbabween
dc.identifier.otherNature conservation -- Government policy -- Zimbabween
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/4187
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hareen
dc.publisherFaculty of Science & Agricultureen
dc.rightsUniversity of Fort Hareen
dc.subjectWetland management -- Zimbabwe Case studiesen
dc.subjectWetland ecology -- Zimbabween
dc.subjectSustainable agriculture -- Zimbabween
dc.subjectRural development -- Zimbabween
dc.subjectWetland restoration -- Zimbabween
dc.subjectNature conservation -- Government policy -- Zimbabween
dc.titleEconomics of wetland cultivation in Zimbabwe: case study of Mashonaland East Provinceen
dc.title.alternativeEconomics of wetland cultivation in Zimbabwe: case study of Mashonaland East Provinceen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.typeMastersen
dc.typeMSc Agric (Agricultural Economics)en

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