| Expert Name | Mr. Ephraim Chabayanzara |
| Title | Lecturer |
| Division | Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension |
| Institution | University of Zimbabwe |
| City | Harare |
| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Telephone | 263 4 303211 ext 1582 |
| Email | chabaya(at)compcentre.uz.ac.zw |
| Work Experience | - 1986-1991: Research fellow: Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies: Initiated and conducted policy research and disseminated information and research findings through publications, seminars and workshops.
- 1992-1997: Technical Services Manager: Agricultural Finance Corporation: Researched into group lending approaches to influence the Corporation to change its lending policies and practices from individual to group credit.
- 1997-1998: Economics and Markets Specialist: Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union:
* Lobbied government, politicians, banks, donors, input suppliers, transporters and freighters, extension and research to support indigenisation policy for indigenous people to take up farming on a more commercial basis;
* Influenced the indigenous commercial farmers to accept the fair trade practices such as sound labour practices, no use of child labour, proper chemical usage and good agricultural/environmental practices in order to access the export markets in the Europe |
| Qualifications | M.Sc., Agricultural Development, University of London, 1991
B.Sc., Agriculture (Agricultural Economics), Honours, University of Zimbabwe, 1984 |
| Number of Publications | 4 |
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| Other Activities | 1. Member of the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Network of Zimbabwe with primary objective to impart participatory methodologies to development work;
2. Member researcher of the African Rural Policy Analysis Network (ARPAN) based in Ibadan, Nigeria with a primary objective to strengthen African researcher's' capacity to conduct policy research for rural development in Africa and supported by the Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development in New York, USA;
3. Member of the Economics and Policy Initiative for Southern Africa: A new initiative within the Soil Fertility Network for Maize Based Farming Systems in Malawi and Zimbabwe, funded through a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and CIMMYT;
4. Secretary of the Energy Forum Zimbabwe that is an IT supported organisation to promote community renewable energy resources and technologies. |
| Publications | 1. Chabayanzara, E., Mudimu, G., and Mutimukuru, T., 2000: Smallholder soil nutrient management (SNM), soil and water conservation (SWC) and plant genetic resources conservation (PGR) technologies in Zimbabwe: A review of literature for the 'Demand assessment of resource conserving technologies in Tanzania and Zimbabwe, a Reading /DFID project (non-refereed);
2. Indebtedness of smallholder farmers to financial institutions. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Zimbabwe in support of the Zimbabwe Farmers Union, Harare, 1997 (non-refereed);
3. Smallholder irrigation development: Impact on food production, income generation and employment. Issues in African Rural Development. African Rural Policy Analysis Network. Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development. USA. 1994 (refereed);
4. Chabayanzara, E., Chakaodza, B.K., Chiwawa, H., Makoni, B., and Jassat, E.M., 1990: People's participation in Rushinga District, Mashonaland Central province. Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studie |
| Discipline | Agricultural Sciences |
| Last updated | 10/05/2007 11:43:00 |
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