Household Composition and Diversity of Smallholder Farm Households in Zimbabwe: Policy implications

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Location and Situation
Mangwende Communal Area in Zimbabwe. Semi-commer
cial farmers Intend to market surplus Maize is
dominant, staple and cash crop
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Description of the Farming System

• Cattle
• Draft power
• Management
• Land
• Communal
• No title

3
Description of the Farming System

• Labor
• Household (and hired)
• Cash
• Crops
• Remittances

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Household Composition
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Household Characteristics
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Household Characteristics
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Production Practices for Maize and Sunflower
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Annual discretionary income by household
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Allocation of Land to Selected Crops
ha
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Area in Low Fertilized Nov. Maize
(first weeding)
ha
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Area in Groundnuts (second weeding)
ha
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Modeling Diversity Within an Agricultural
Community in Peru
Victor E. Cabrera