An assessment of the smal-holder enterprise group (SHEG) programme: A case study of Kafue District
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description: This study was an assessment of the Small-holder Enterprise Group (SHEG) Programme in Kafue district. Kafue is peripherally located to the south of Lusaka district in Central Province about 45 kilometres. The district receives adequate rainfall, but sometimes experiences dry spells as has been the case in the past few years when drought conditions significantly reduced crop yields. The main occupation is farming and that maize is the main food crop.In order to come up with information on this assessment, the study was guided by one major objective being; to investigate if participation of the small-scale farmers in the programme had significantly addressed their input acquisition, productivity and market accessibility problems as perceived by beneficiaries. In obtaining information to answer this major objective, the following specific objectives were used: Firstly, it aimed at investigate if farmer groups had been linked to the various lenders of inputs by the programme. Secondly it also aimed at assessing the perception of the beneficiaries on their productivity in relation with the sustainable technologies they had adopted. Finally, investigated on whether farmer groups were are able to access the market and market information for their produce through the programme.However, due to a gap in knowledge as to whether SHEG had addressed the problems of the Small-Scale farmers or not from the beneficiaries' point of view? It was, therefore, the principle requirement of this project to give a more critical assessment of the beneficiaries' perception in establishing the efficacy of the SHEG in mitigating their problems; more specifically on input acquisition, market accessibility and with greater emphasis on their productivity (Yield).The main findings were that, participants' perceived the programme as having positively addressed their input acquisition problem. This was shown by 89.4% of the respondents who admitted having received help through the programme in terms …
abstract: This study was an assessment of the Small-holder Enterprise Group (SHEG) Programme in Kafue district. Kafue is peripherally located to the south of Lusaka district in Central Province about 45 kilometres. The district receives adequate rainfall, but sometimes experiences dry spells as has been the case in the past few years when drought conditions significantly reduced crop yields. The main occupation is farming and that maize is the main food crop.In order to come up with information on this assessment, the study was guided by one major objective being; to investigate if participation of the small-scale farmers in the programme had significantly addressed their input acquisition, productivity and market accessibility problems as perceived by beneficiaries. In obtaining information to answer this major objective, the following specific objectives were used: Firstly, it aimed at investigate if farmer groups had been linked to the various lenders of inputs by the programme. Secondly it also aimed at assessing the perception of the beneficiaries on their productivity in relation with the sustainable technologies they had adopted. Finally, investigated on whether farmer groups were are able to access the market and market information for their produce through the programme.However, due to a gap in knowledge as to whether SHEG had addressed the problems of the Small-Scale farmers or not from the beneficiaries' point of view? It was, therefore, the principle requirement of this project to give a more critical assessment of the beneficiaries' perception in establishing the efficacy of the SHEG in mitigating their problems; more specifically on input acquisition, market accessibility and with greater emphasis on their productivity (Yield).The main findings were that, participants' perceived the programme as having positively addressed their input acquisition problem. This was shown by 89.4% of the respondents who admitted having received help through the programme in terms …
author: Ngulube, Stephen
language: en
keywords: Small-holder enterprise group, Kafue District_Zambia
date published: 2015-10-26
date modified: 2026-07-27T22:06:21Z
provider: University of Zambia
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: University of Zambia