Shingirayi Mushamba

In: UA Magazine 7 - Economic Aspects of Urban Agriculture

One principal factor for the slow development of the urban and peri-urban agricultural sector in Zimbabwe is the inadequate, or in some cases total absence of financing arrangements, especially from the formal sector. This article draws on the experiences of two schemes in Harare - Musikavanhu Project and the Kintyre Lake Country (KLC) Development. The former is a fairly well established co-operative scheme for the urban resource-poor that has been in existence since 1998 while the latter is a land development scheme implemented by the private sector since 1999. The two provide useful information on which to evaluate the prospects for financing urban and periurban agriculture for the different income groups.