본 연구는 짐바브웨의 소농을 대상으로 하는 보조금 비료를 효율적으로 배분하기 위한 방안을 마련하고자 지역의 농민을 대상으로(N＝100) 비료 보조금 정책에 대한 농민들의 의사를 설문을 통하여 조사ㆍ분석하고 관련 정책의 문제점 도출과 비료 보조금 정책의 합리적인 대안을 마련하였다.

The Zimbabwean government in an attempt to target the poor as major beneficiaries of subsidized fertilizers has been distributing subsidized fertilizers by targeting the small holder sector. The assumption being that it’s where the majority of the poor farmers are located. The purpose of this study was to examine whether subsidized fertilizers destined for the poor in the smallholder farming sector is not being acquired by relatively better off farmers in this particular sector. The investigation also sought to answer the following questions i) Whether subsidized fertilizers in the smallholder farming sector is not being acquired by households who have capacity to purchase the fertilizer on the commercial market. ii)The general perception of farmers towards the Zimbabwean fertilizer distribution program. 100 households in Muzvezve 11 area in Kadoma district of Zimbabwe were randomly sampled and a questionnaire was administered to the households head. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were used for analysis. A Chi-square test was performed to examine relation between household per capita income and access to these fertilizers. The relationship was found to be insignificant (p＝0.3). In order to explore if some beneficiaries of these fertilizers have capacity to purchase fertilizer on the open market a Chi-square test was performed on the relationship between buying of fertilizer on the open market as a coping strategy against per capita income and the relationship was significant(p＝0.0037). For the households interviewed all farmers (100%) were in agreement that being productive is not a characteristic considered for acquiring the fertilizers. 88.89% of the farmers had the perception that in order to get the fertilizers you have to be rich. The results from this study shows that unlike in other sub-Saharan African countries were most subsidized fertilizers is captured by the wealthier farmers the Zimbabwean case might be different.