Zimbabwe has faced persistent droughts from around year 1990 to date posing a structural food\nsecurity challenge to the populace. Recently, the government of Zimbabwe introduced a blue\nprint to spearhead and map sustainable balance in tapping value from the available natural and\nman-made resources in the country. This is known as the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable\nSocio-economic Transformation Programme (Zim Asset). Amongst its prospects, agriculture\nand nutrition has been reckoned as a sustainable cluster for economic development. This study\nwas undertaken one and half years after the implementation of Zim Asset as an evaluation\nmechanism on the successes and challenges faced in transforming the Zimbabwean economy\nwith specific reference to the Food and Nutrition Cluster. The study employed both post\npositivism and interpretivism philosophies applying quantitative and qualitative approaches in\ngathering research data. The research instruments included documentary evidence, face to face\nin-depth interviews and focus groups. The in-depth interviews explored issues to do with\nresources allocation in line with the Zim Asset agriculture sustenance objectives. Focus was\ntherefore, on the four Ministries supporting the Food and Nutrition Cluster. Eighty percent of\nthe respondents reported that the economic blue print has not made any significant strides in\nimproving the country�s agricultural performance and food security since the inception of Zim\nAsset in October 2013. It was noted that the country continued to import maize from Zambia and other countries in the region. The major reason for its lack of success was due to the\nunavailability of resources to support the programme and the fact that land was allocated to\nunproductive and cell phone farmers. There was consensus that land audit and recapitalisation\nof the agriculture sector were critical in achieving the desired outcomes. The study\nrecommends that the programme be adequately funded, so that the country can become\nself-sufficient.
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