CMP Prod Oct2012.pdf - Training and Research Support Centre

Securing meaningful income from small scale farming and informal vending depends on
improved access to production inputs, improved outputs from production and returns from
the market. How well are households faring in these areas?
For small scale
agriculture, the
monitoring reports show
that while the majority of
households had limited
access to land, there
was a small
improvement in access
in 2012. This was
particularly the case for
men, whose access to
land is greater than for
women (See Figure 2)
Lower access to land is
reported in Masvingo
and Matabeleland North
(Table 2)
Table 2: Reported access to adequate land, M= Male, F = Female
% sites reporting share of households having access to land
None Few Many All
Province
F M F M F M F M
Bulawayo 21 17 28 31 3 7 0 0
Harare 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0
Manicaland 0 0 35 4 65 96 0 0
Mashonaland Central 0 0 33 0 57 90 0 0
Mashonaland East 0 10 24 10 76 81 0 0
Mashonaland West 0 0 30 13 70 87 0 0
Masvingo 14 7 79 14 7 79 0 0
Matabeleland North 13 6 75 13 13 81 0 0
Matabeleland South 0 0 33 11 67 89 0 0
Midlands 0 0 23 19 77 81 0 0
Sub Total Sept 2012 5 4 34 12 41 64 0 0
Sub Total Sept 2011 8 11 49 31 35 37 0 3
Sub Total Sept 2010 21 15 45 27 12 31 0 3
Sub Total Sept 2009 18 14 57 39 6 23 0 4
Total Sept 2012 5 23 53 0
Total Sept 2011 10 40 36 1
Total Sept 2010 18 36 22 2
Total Sept 2009 17 48 15 2
“Not rural” responses make up the difference in total percentages in all provinces
“Farmers are not sure about the rains thus making them slow in preparing the land.”
Masvingo
In relation to inputs, this round of monitoring found that the price of fertilizer in 2012 was
reported to be slightly higher in 2012 than in 2011, and the price of maize seed to be
slightly lower in 2012 compared to 2011 (See Figure 3). The monitors report that a
number of new seed varieties are now being sold, particularly for maize.
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