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Title: The contribution of diaspora remittances to household food security in the Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe
Authors: Marambanyika, Thomas
Ndlovu, Clara
Keywords: Remittances
International migration
Food security
Rural areas
Livelihoods
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Series/Report no.: Food Security, Threat Factors, Policies and Challenges: Jonathan Webb: editor;Chapter 4, p. 75-96
Abstract: 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 ...
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3452
ISBN: 978-1536122480
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