Promoting Economic Development in Zimbabwe: Enhancing the Growth and Sustainability of Agricultural SMEs

Authors

  • N Munyawarara, K K Govender

Abstract

SMEs are the seedbed for economic development and poverty alleviation in developing
countries. Zimbabwean SMEs, particularly those in the agricultural sector, contribute greatly to promote
food security; hence, there is need to establish whether reengineering the SMEs will promote their
development. A quantitative research design was used to conduct a survey among a purposive sample of 380
agricultural SMEs in Zimbabwe to establish if there is a relationship between strategies to reengineer the
SMEs in the agricultural sector and economic development in Zimbabwe.It was confirmed that adoption of a
re-engineering strategy does indeed promote the growth of SMEs in the agricultural sector; thus, it is
recommended that the reengineering process should be used as a strategy to streamline agricultural SMEs
which will in turn contribute to economic development in Zimbabwe.

Published

2020-01-31

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