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A Study to determine water demand management in Southern Africa: the Zimbabwean experience.
/ref> Of the 179 farmers in the scheme, 134 are women. It comprises members from various villages, including villagers from ''Chief Njelele'' side,
Zhombe
Zhombe (also known as Jombe) is a rural communal area in Kwekwe District, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. It is an area of mixed Shona and Northern Ndebele People. It lies along the Mnyathi border line between Midlands and Mashonaland Provinces ...
, Kwekwe District
Kwekwe District is a district in Zimbabwe.
Location
It is found in the Midlands Province, in the central Zimbabwe. Kwekwe, with an estimated population of about 99,200 in 2004, is the capital city of the district. The district capital is located ...
in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
's Agro-Ecological Region Three. The average annual rainfall for the location is 550 mm. The scheme area is 44.4 4 hectares.Jamesm
10.1.1.196.2228.pdf Chapter 9.4.1.2A Study to determine water demand management in Southern Africa: the Zimbabwean experience.
/ref> Of the 179 farmers in the scheme, 134 are women. It comprises members from various villages, including villagers from ''Chief Njelele'' side,
Gokwe District
The Gokwe Region consists of the land in the area around Gokwe centre that was formerly under the control of the hangweanguage people, a Shona-speaking group, which lay in the northern part of the Midlands province of northwestern Zimbabwe, and ...
on the other side of Ngondoma River.
Inception
The scheme was established in 1968, and only 12 to 20 farmers having plots measuring up to one hectare each were at the inauguration of the 33 ha. By 1988 the plot holders had increased to 69.
Extension
The scheme has since been extended up to . Nowadays the plot holders have increased to 179 and 134 of them are women. Each farmer holds at least of land in the scheme. * There is another extension of the scheme at a different location altogether called 'Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme Extension'. * 'Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme Extension' is upstream just a kilometre shot of the Kadoma-Gokwe Road. Thehectarage
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