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Across provinces, access to tillage and credit was lower in Masvingo and Matabeleland
North, and to irrigation lower in Manicaland and Matabeleland South, The community
reports indicated that men generally have better access to inputs than women, particularly in
relation to access to credit and tillage (Table 4). Community monitors reported that when
prices for crops such as maize are low, and input costs high, they struggle to make adequate
income to meet needs such as health and education fees.
‘The prices offered for the crops are low, people cannot get income from farming to meet
school fees and food costs”
Monitor, Mashonaland Central
Table 4: Reported access to agricultural inputs in rural provinces
% sites reporting response on share of households with access
None Few Many All
Province
Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men
Tillage/Draught Power
Total Sept 2012 17 8 58 23 5 49 0 0
Total Sept 2011 22 13 47 22 14 45 0 0
Total Sept 2010 24 21 45 10 10 41 0 2
Total Sept 2009 19 15 54 32 5 32 1 0
Credit for farming
Total Sept 2012 38 17 40 49 1 15 0 0
Total Sept 2011 37 21 39 44 6 17 1 0
Total Sept 2010 47 34 35 39 1 6 0 0
Total Sept 2009 30 21 50 54 1 6 0 1
Irrigation
Total Sept 2012 59 47 21 32 0 1 0
Total Sept 2011 50 39 30 37 5 8 0 0
Total Sept 2010 63 61 14 14 3 5 0 0
Total Sept 2009 38 33 39 42 2 3 0 1
Household food security
Communities are
reported to be almost
entirely relying on
commercial sources of
food, with only eight
percent of the sites
reporting consumption
of own produce (See
Table 5 and Figure 5).
Reliance on
commercial sources is
highest in urban
provinces (Harare and
Bulawayo) as well as
in Masvingo (Table 5)
Table 5: Reported primary source of food, Sept 2012.
% sites reporting primary source of food as
Province
Own produce Commercial GMB Relief
Bulawayo 7 93 0 0
Harare 6 94 0 0
Manicaland 9 91 0 0
Mashonaland Central 5 95 0 0
Mashonaland East 14 86 0 0
Mashonaland West 9 91 0 0
Masvingo 4 96 0 0
Matabeleland North 6 94 0 0
Matabeleland South 6 94 0 0
Midlands 15 85 0 0
Total Sept 2012 8 92 0 0
Total Sept 2011 11 87 2 0
Total Sept 2009 53 37 5 5
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