Dr. Lovemore Musemwa

Dr Lovemore Musemwa

Qualifications

  • Ph. D. University of Fort Hare. South Africa
  • M. Sc. Agriculture Economics – University of Fort Hare. South Africa
  • B. Sc. Agriculture Economics – University of Fort Hare. South Africa


Areas of Research Interest
Land reform, food security, efficiency and addressing inequality, Marketing of livestock, community development, rural livelihoods and poverty eradication.

Publications
Book Chapters

  1. L. Zhou, L. Musemwa, V. Muchenje and F. Aghdasi, 2012. The state of communal Agriculture in coastal areas of South Africa: The Hamburg Case Study. Book title: The impact of climate change on Food Security among Coastal Communities of Keiskamma in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
  2. Simbarashe Ndhleve, Bridget Jari, Lovemore Musemwa and Ajuruchukwu Obi, 2011. Part II: Rural household sources of income, livelihoods strategies and institutional constraints in different commodity contexts. Institutional constraints to small farmer development in Southern Africa pp. 41-70: Wageningen Academic Publishers.
  3. Lovemore Musemwa and Abyssinia Mushunje, 2011. Part IV: Marketing challenges and opportunities faced by the Nguni cattle project beneficiaries in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Institutional constraints to small farmer development in Southern Africa pp. 121-136: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Journal Articles

  1. L. Musemwa, V. Muchenje, A. Mushunje, F. Aghdasi and L. Zhou, 2014. Household food insecurity in the poorest province of South Africa: Level, causes and coping strategies. Food Security Journal (Accepted).
  2. L. Musemwa, V. Muchenje, A. Mushunje, F. Aghdasi and L. Zhou, 2013. Efficiency of resettled farmers in Mashonaland Central Province of Zimbabwe in crop production: A DEA approach. African Journal of Agricultural Research 8 (22): 2722-2729.
  3. L. Musemwa, L. Zhou, S. Ndhleve and F. Aghdasi, 2013. Factors affecting household access to enough food in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 5(3): 84-91.
  4. S. Ndhleve, L. Musemwa and L. Zhou 2013. How severe hunger is amongst rural households of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development 4 (3): 220-227.
  5. L. Musemwa, V. Muchenje, A. Mushunje and L. Zhou, 2012. The Impact of Climate Change on Livestock Production amongst the Resource-Poor Farmers of Third World Countries: A Review. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 2(4): 621 – 631.
  6. S. Ndhleve, L. Musemwa and L. Zhou, 2012. Household food security in a coastal rural community of South Africa: Status, causes and coping strategies. Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainable Development 4(5): 68 -74.
  7. L. Musemwa and A. Mushunje, 2012. Land reform as a strategy of breaking the circles of poverty in former colonized states of developing countries. African Journal of Agricultural Research  7(31): 4344-4351.
  8. L. Musemwa and A. Mushunje, 2012. Factors affecting yields of field crops and land utilisation amongst land reform beneficiaries of Mashonaland Central Province in Zimbabwe. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 4 (4): 109-118
  9. L. Musemwa and A. Mushunje, 2011. Agrarian and life style change in Zimbabwe: From colonization to the formation of government of national unity. African Journal of Agricultural Research  6 (21) : 4824- 4832.
  10. L. Musemwa, A. Mushunje, M. Chimonyo and C. Mapiye, 2010. Low catlle market off-take rate in the communal areas of Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: Causes and mitigation strategies. Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (5), pp. 209-226.
  11. L. Musemwa, A. Mushunje, M. Chimonyo, G Fraser, C. Mapiye and V. Muchenje, 2008. Nguni Cattle Marketing Constraints and Opportunities in the Communal Areas of South Africa: Review. African Journal of Agricultural Research 3 (4), pp. 239-245.
  12. G N C Chinogaramombe, V Muchenje, C Mapiye, T Ndlovu, M Chimonyo and L Musemwa, 2008: Challenges for improving smallholder dairy production in the semiarid areas of Zimbabwe. Livestock Research for Rural Development 20, Article #34. http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd20/3/chin20034.htm
  13. L  Musemwa, C Chagwiza, W Sikuka, G Fraser, M Chimonyo and N Mzileni, 2007. Analysis of cattle marketing channels used by small-scale farmers in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Livestock Research for Rural Development 19 (9). http://www.cipav.org.co/lrrd/lrrd19/9/muse19131.htm.
  14. JJ Ndebele, V Muchenje, C Mapiye, M Chimonyo, L Musemwa and T Ndlovu, 2007. Cattle breeding management practices in the Gwayi smallholder farming area of South-western Zimbabwe. Livestock Research for Rural Development 19(12). http://www.cipav.org.co/lrrd/lrrd19/12/ndeb19183.htm.
  15. Mashoko E., Muchenje V., Ndlovu T., Mapiye C., Chimonyo M and Musemwa L, 2007. Beef Cattle Production in a Peri-Urban Area of Zimbabwe. Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa 9 (4): 121-132.
Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences