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IR@LSU is a digital repository for the presevation and promotion of the research record and supporting research data at Lupane State University. The system is hosted and managed by the University Library.

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Small grains “resistance”? Making sense of Zimbabwean smallholder farmers’ cropping choices and patterns within a climate change context

This paper aims to understand why smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe are “resisting” to adopt small grains as a strategy for adapting to the negative effects of climate change. The uptake of small grains has been very low among smallholder farmers in climate change affected distr...

The Influence of Experience and Owner-Managers Education on SME Performance: Case of Motor Spares Enterprises at Kelvin Light Industries in Bulawayo

The continued failure of small to medium enterprises and lack of growth of those that survive, continue to pose some challenges to the Zimbabwean economy. Lack of experience and education by owner-managers of SMEs, is one of the major challenges impeding their survival and gro...

Thematic area: Hospitality and Tourism and hospitality Marketing

This study sought to assess key success factors of social media as a marketing tool in the Zimbabwe tourism and hospitality sector. A plethora of studies have been conducted on social media, but few have focused on optimisation of social media in the Zimbabwe tourism and&...

Thematic area: Tourism Sector Management

Some 21stcentury organisations have come to realise the importance of leveraging a knowledge management (KM) strategy as a source of competitive advantage. This study sought to establish the extent to which the Tourism Sector in Matabeleland North Province had adopted a knowledge manage...

Managerial competencies, human resource development initiatives and business performance: a case of tourism sector in Bulawayo Metropolitan Province in Zimbabwe

The study sought to analyse the influence of managerial competencies on business performance in the tourism sector. The research was conducted in Matabeleland North Province towns of Hwange and Victoria Falls. A total of 150 questionnaires were distributed amongst Tourism enterprises. The&#x...

Will Adaptation Carry the Future? Questioning the Long-term Capacity of Smallholder Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies against Climate Change in Gwanda District, Zimbabwe

Globally, smallholder farmers are adapting to the negative effects of climate change. This paper uses sustainability lenses to interrogate the capacity of current adaptation strategies used by smallholder farmers in Gwanda District, Zimbabwe. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions ...

The Gender-differentiated Impacts of Climate Change on Rural Livelihoods Labour Requirements in Southern Zimbabwe

This paper examines the gender-differentiated impacts of climate change on rural livelihoods labour requirements. It explores how climate change is impacting the work of men and women differently in exercising their livelihoods gender allocated portfolios in a rural set-up. The paper i...

An Analysis of the Effects of Share Buy-Backs on Shareholder Wealth.

Considering the fact that the Zimbabwean markets are in recovery the sudden rise of share buybacks post dollarization and the implementation of the scheme by the ZSE's blue chip stocks, it remains unknown whether the scheme is beneficial or detrimental to shareholder wealth. Th...

An Investigation of Gender Dimensions in Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Programmes: a Case Of Msthazo Ward 6, Gwanda

Sustainable water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programming requires the integration of gender dimension at all levels and for all water activities from policies to projects yet, too often, under-represented users particularly women. The main users and managers of water-excluded from ...

A Process Evaluation of the Behaviour Change Programme Among Youths in Vungu District: a Case Of National Aids Council

The first chapter highlighted the background to study pertaining to the HIV prevalence and identified interventions strategies. The behavior change programme aims to reduce all risk behaviors and ways of combating the spread of various through various activities to sensitive different groups...

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Welcome to IR @ Lupane State University

IR@LSU is a digital repository for the presevation and promotion of the research record and supporting research data at Lupane State University. The system is hosted and managed by the University Library.

Recent Submissions

Small grains “resistance”? Making sense of Zimbabwean smallholder farmers’ cropping choices and patterns within a climate change context

The Influence of Experience and Owner-Managers Education on SME Performance: Case of Motor Spares Enterprises at Kelvin Light Industries in Bulawayo

Thematic area: Hospitality and Tourism and hospitality Marketing

Thematic area: Tourism Sector Management

Managerial competencies, human resource development initiatives and business performance: a case of tourism sector in Bulawayo Metropolitan Province in Zimbabwe

Will Adaptation Carry the Future? Questioning the Long-term Capacity of Smallholder Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies against Climate Change in Gwanda District, Zimbabwe

The Gender-differentiated Impacts of Climate Change on Rural Livelihoods Labour Requirements in Southern Zimbabwe

An Analysis of the Effects of Share Buy-Backs on Shareholder Wealth.

An Investigation of Gender Dimensions in Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Programmes: a Case Of Msthazo Ward 6, Gwanda

A Process Evaluation of the Behaviour Change Programme Among Youths in Vungu District: a Case Of National Aids Council

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