Mopane worm value chain in Zimbabwe: Evidence on knowledge, practices, and processes in Gwanda District

• Faith A. Manditsera ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Faith A. Manditsera, Juliet Mubaiwa, Lesley Macheka

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fmanditsera@gmail.com

  ¶‡ FAM, JM and LM are share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Food Science and Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7977-8162

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• Juliet Mubaiwa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Faith A. Manditsera, Juliet Mubaiwa, Lesley Macheka

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ FAM, JM and LM are share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Food Science and Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

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• Tonderayi M. Matsungo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Zimbabwe, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Prosper Chopera,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Zimbabwe, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Sandra Bhatasara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Zimbabwe, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• George Kembo,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Food and Nutrition Council, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Honest Mahlatini,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Food and Nutrition Council, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Faith Matiza Ruzengwe,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Food Science and Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

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• Felix Matutu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Forestry Commission of Zimbabwe, Gwanda, Zimbabwe

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• John Grigor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Engineering and Food Science, Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom

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• Alberto Fiore,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Engineering and Food Science, Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom

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• Lesley Macheka

  Contributed equally to this work with: Faith A. Manditsera, Juliet Mubaiwa, Lesley Macheka

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ FAM, JM and LM are share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Marondera University of Agriculture Science and Technology, Marondera, Zimbabwe

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-6678

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